ML1112 1945
Names |
ML1061 ML1073 ML1079 ML1084 ML1087 ML1100 - 1104 ML1109 ML1110, 1951 - P3110 ML1111 ML1112, 1951 - P3112 ML1113 - 1116 ML1117 - 1118, 1951 - P3117 - 3118 ML1119 - 1120 ML1125 ML1148 ML1151 ML1261 - 1263, 1951 - P3517 - 3519 ML1264 - 1265 ML1266, 1950 - P3520 ML1267 - 1268 |
Builders |
Sussex SB Co., Shoreham, UK: ML1087 Berthon Boat, Lymington, UK: ML1125 Blackmore, Bideford, UK: ML1084, 1151 Robinson, Lowestoft, UK: ML1073 Woods, Potter Heigham, UK: ML1061 Moody, Swanwick Shore, UK: ML1148 McLean, Renfrew, UK: ML1079 Irrawadi Flotilla Co., Rangoon, Burma: ML1100 - 1103 Rangoon DYd, Burma: ML1104 Mohatta, Karachi: ML1109 - 1111, 1265 - 1267, 1424 - 1427 Hooghly Dock, Calcutta: ML1112 - 1113 Bombay Steam Navigation: ML1114, 1432 Garden Reach, Calcutta: ML1115, 1120 Bombay DYd: ML1116, 1117, 1261 - 1264 India General Navigation, Calcutta: ML1118, 1119 Scindia, Bombay: ML1268, 1430, 1431 |
Completed |
1942 // 1942: ML1084, 1087 1943: ML1105 - 1107, 1115, 1120 1941 // 1943: ML1073 1942 // 1943: ML1061, 1079, 1148 1944: ML1109 - 1114, 1116 - 1119, 1265 - 1267 1941 // 1944: ML1100 - 1104 1942 // 1944: ML1125, 1151 1945: ML1261 - 1263, 1268 |
Losses |
cancelled: ML1264, 1426 - 1429, 1431 ML1119 (7.10.1944) |
Transfers |
United Kingdom, 1944: ML1087; 1946: ML1079, 1084 Pakistan, 1949: ML1261 - 1263, 1266 |
Discarding |
1946: ML1061, 1073, 1114 - 1116, 1248 1947: ML1100 - 1104, 1109, 1111, 1113, 1120, 1125, 1151, 1265, 1267, 1268 |
Displacement standard, t |
44 - 46 |
Displacement full, t |
52 - 54 |
Length, m |
22.0 |
Breadth, m |
4.83 |
Draught, m |
1.40 deep load |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
ML1061, 1073, 1084, 1087, 1125, 1148, 1151: 2 Gardner diesels ML1079, 1109 - 1120: 2 Glennifer diesels ML1261 - 1268: 2 Thornycroft diesels ML1100 - 1104: 2 unknown diesels |
Power, h. p. |
ML1061, 1073, 1084, 1087, 1125, 1148, 1151: 300 ML1079, 1109 - 1120: 320 ML1261 - 1268: 260 ML1100 - 1104: unknown diesels |
Max speed, kts |
ML1061, 1073, 1084, 1087, 1125, 1148, 1151: 11.8 ML1079, 1109 - 1120: 11.5 ML1261 - 1268: 11 ML1100 - 1104: 11 - 12.5 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 7500 l |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
earlier boats: 1 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I or 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 2 x 1 - 7.7/87, 8 DC boats completed from 1943 (mostly): 1 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I or 1 x 1 - 40/51 QF Mk XIV or 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 8 DC boats completed from 1944 - 1945 (mostly): 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 8 DC |
Electronic equipment | type 291U radar (some), type 134 sonar |
Complement |
10 |
Project history: Wooden-hulled round-bilge boats with good seaworthiness. HDML class.
Modernizations: by 1945 the majority was armed with 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV or (1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV), 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 8 DC
Naval service: No significant events.
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