ML345 1942
Names |
(ex-ML238) (ex-ML240) (ex-ML273) (ex-ML280) (ex-ML283) (ex-ML336) (ex-ML349) (ex-ML351) (ex-ML354) (ex-ML355) (ex-ML356) (ex-ML359) (ex-ML384) (ex-ML458) (ex-ML459) (ex-ML463) (ex-ML469) (ex-ML471) (ex-ML839) (ex-ML865) partly served under Customs flag with names: Fais Macchi Mazzei Meattini Satta Smalto Genna Gori Agolletti Steri Fortuna Bertoldi Ciorlieri D'Antoni |
Builders |
Aldous Successors, Brightlingsea, UK: (ex-ML463) Anglo-American Nile Tourist Co., Cairo, Egypt: (ex-ML354), (ex-ML355), (ex-ML356), (ex-ML359), (ex-ML839), (ex-ML865) Boat Construction Co., Falmouth, UK: (ex-ML336), (ex-ML471) Thomas Cook, Cairo, Egypt: (ex-ML349), (ex-ML351), (ex-ML384) Curtis, Looe or Par, UK: (ex-ML280), (ex-ML458) Johnson & Jago, Leigh on Sea, UK: (ex-ML469) William Osbourne, Littlehampton, UK: (ex-ML273) H. J. Percival, Horning, UK: (ex-ML283) Alexander Robertson, Sandbank, UK: (ex-ML238) Solent SYd, Sarisbury Green, UK: (ex-ML459) Thomson & Balfour, Bo`ness, UK: (ex-ML240) |
Completed |
1 - 12.1941 // 12.1945: (ex-ML283), (ex-ML336) 1 - 12.1942 // 12.1945: (ex-ML355), (ex-ML384), (ex-ML458) 1 - 12.1944 // 12.1945: (ex-ML839), (ex-ML865) 1 - 12.1941 // 1.1946: (ex-ML238), (ex-ML240), (ex-ML273), (ex-ML280) 1 - 12.1942 // 1 - 12.1946: (ex-ML349), (ex-ML351), (ex-ML354), (ex-ML356), (ex-ML359), (ex-ML459), (ex-ML463), (ex-ML469), (ex-ML471) to Customs: 1947: Fais, Macchi, Mazzei, Meattini, Salta, Smalto 1951: Genna, Gori, Agolletti, Steri, Fortuna, Bertoldi 1952: Ciorlieri, D'Antoni |
Losses |
none |
Transfers |
none |
Discarding |
1950s?: all early 1950s: Fais, Macchi, Mazzei, Meattini, Satta, Smalto, Genna, Gori, Agolletti, Steri, Fortuna, Bertoldi, Ciorlieri, D'Antoni |
Displacement standard, t |
75.5 |
Displacement full, t |
85.6 |
Length, m |
34.8 |
Breadth, m |
5.59 |
Draught, m |
1.45 deep load |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 Hall-Scott petrol engines |
Power, h. p. |
1200 |
Max speed, kts |
18 |
Fuel, t |
petrol 10500 l |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 DCT (6), 14 DC or 8 - 9 mines |
Electronic equipment |
type 291U or type 293 radar, type 134 sonar |
Complement |
16 |
Project history: Ex-British MLs of "Fairmile B" type.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
ML194 1944
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