ML233 1942
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Names |
ML122 ML124, 125 ML128 ML208 ML210 ML213 ML233 ML573 |
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Builders |
Dickie, Bangor & Tarbert, UK: ML122, 124 Doig, Grimsby, UK: ML125 Harris, Appledore, UK: ML128, 233 Risdon Beazley, Northam Bridge, UK: ML208 William Osbourne, Littlehampton, UK: ML210 Mashford Bros, Cremyll, UK: ML213 Jas Miller, St. Monance, UK: ML573 |
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Completed |
8-12/1940 // 12.1940: ML122, 124, 125, 128 4-5/1941: ML208, 210, 213, 233 2/1943: ML573 8-12/1940 // 1945 (2nd time): ML125 |
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Losses |
ML210 (15.2.1944) |
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Transfers |
UK, 5-6/1942: ML122, 124, 208, 233; 3.1945: ML125, 128 |
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Discarding |
1949: ML125 (2nd time), ML213, 573 |
Displacement
standard, t 75.5 Displacement
full, t Length, m Breadth, m Draught, m No of shafts Machinery 2 Hall-Scott
petrol engines Power, h. p. Max speed, kts 18 Fuel, t petrol
10500 l Armament 1 x 1 - 47/40
3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I/II, 2 x 1 - 7.7/87, 2 DCR (12) Electronic equipment 1940-1942: type 134 sonar 1942-1943: type 286PU radar, type 134 sonar 1945: type 291U or type 293 radar, type 134 sonar Complement
85.6
34.8
5.59
1.45
deep load
2
1200
Endurance, nm(kts)
16
Project history: The successful multi-purpose boats of Fairmile B type used as minesweepers, minelayers and ASW boats. Wooden, round-bilge hull.
Modernizations: 1941 - 1943, a number of boats: - 2 x 1 - 7.7/87, 2 DCR; + 1 x 1 - 40/39 QF Mk VIII, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 DC
1942-1943, most survived earlier boats: + type 286PU radar
1943-1944, most survived earlier boats: - type 286PU radar; + type 291U or type 293 radar
by 1944, many boats: - 2 x 1 - 7.7/87; + 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94
Naval service: ML125 was returned to UK in March 1945 but soon transferred again.
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