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"HDML" type motor launches (1941-1943/1946)

ML1387 1943

Names

(ex-ML1004)

(ex-ML1012)

(ex-ML1017)

(ex-ML1023)

(ex-ML1028)

(ex-ML1155)

(ex-ML1239)

(ex-ML1251)

Builders

Berthon Boat, Lymington, UK: (ex-ML1239)

Bunn, Wroxham, UK: (ex-ML1155)

Bute Slip, Clyde, UK: (ex-ML1028)

Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK: (ex-ML1017)

Newman, Hamworthy, UK: (ex-ML1012), (ex-ML1251)

Sittingbourne SB Co., UK: (ex-ML1023)

Walker, Colombo, Ceylon: (ex-ML1004)

Completed

1 - 12.1941 // 3.1946: (ex-ML1004), (ex-ML1012), (ex-ML1017), (ex-ML1023), (ex-ML1028)

1 - 12.1942 // 3.1946: (ex-ML1239)

1 - 12.1943 // 2 - 3.1946: (ex-ML1155), (ex-ML1251)

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1950s?: (ex-ML1004, 1012, 1017, 1023, 1028, 1155, 1239, 1251)

 

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

(ex-ML1012), (ex-ML1251): 2 Gardner diesels

(ex-ML1017), (ex-ML1028): 2 Glennifer diesels

(ex-ML1004), (ex-ML1023), (ex-ML1155), (ex-ML1239): 2 Thornycroft diesels

Power, h. p.

(ex-ML1012), (ex-ML1251): 300

(ex-ML1017), (ex-ML1028): 320

(ex-ML1004), (ex-ML1023), (ex-ML1155), (ex-ML1239): 260

Max speed, kts

(ex-ML1012), (ex-ML1251): 11.8

(ex-ML1017), (ex-ML1028): 11.5

(ex-ML1004), (ex-ML1023), (ex-ML1155), (ex-ML1239): 11

Fuel, t

diesel oil 7500 l

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

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: Ex-British Admiralty-type harbour defence motor launches (HDMLs)

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

ML1115 1946

 

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