ML1090 motor launches (1942/1942, 1943-1944)
ML1351 1943
SDML3552 Paea 1960
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Names |
ML1090 ML1183, 1950- P3551, 1956- P3551 Mako ML1184, 1950- P3552, 1956- P3552 Paea ML1185, 1948- Bombardier, 1950- P3567 Managa ML1186 ML1187, 1950- P3556B, 1956- P3556B Tarapunga ML1188, 1950- P3556A, 1955- P3556A Takupu ML1189 ML1190, 1950- P3562, 1956- P3562 Olphert, 1967- P3562 Parore ML1191, 1950- P3353, 1961- P3353 Tamaki, 1966- P3553 Kahawai ML1192, 1950- P3554, 1961- P3554 Irirangi, 1966- P3554 Maroro ML1193, 1950- P3555, 1955- P3555 Viti, 1959- P3555 Ngapona, 1967- P3555 Tamure ML1194, 1948- Ngapona, 1950- P3561 Ngapona ML1348, 1950- P3563, 1956- P3563 Pegasus, 1967- P3563 Kuparu, 1968- P3563 Toroa ML1349, 1950- P3565, 1956- P3565 Wakefield, 1964- P3565 Haku ML1350, 1950- P3564, 1956- P3564 Toroa, 1967- P3564 Koura ML1351, 1951- P1351 Aotearoa
all ML boats were reclassified as HDML in 1944 |
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Builders |
Ranalah Yacht Yard, Wooton, UK: ML1090 Madden & Lewis, Sausalito, USA: ML1183 - 1186 Everett, Washington, USA: ML1187 - 1190 Grays Harbor, Aberdeen, USA: ML1191 - 1194 Ackerman, Azusa, USA: ML1348 - 1351 |
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Completed |
1942 // 6.1942: ML1090 1943: ML1183 - 1194 1944: ML1348 - 1351 |
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Losses |
ML1090 (11.7.1942), P3561 Ngapoa (8.11.1957) |
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Transfers |
None |
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Discarding |
1946: ML1189 1947: ML1186 1951: P1351 1958: P3556B, P3556A 1972: P3554 1975: P3551, P3562, P3353, P3555 1980: P3567 late 1990s: P3552, P3563, P3565, P3564 |
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Displacement standard, t |
44 - 46 |
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Displacement full, t |
52 - 54 |
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Length, m |
22.0 |
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Breadth, m |
4.83 |
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Draught, m |
1.40 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
260 - 330 |
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Max speed, kts |
11 - 12.5 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 7500 l |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
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 |
| Electronic equipment | type 291 radar (some boats), type 134 sonar |
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Complement |
10 |
Project history: Wooden-hulled round-bilge boats with good seaworthiness. Admiralty 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.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015