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ROYAL NAVY (UNITED KINGDOM)

COASTAL FORCES

Admiralty-type harbour defence motor launches (1940 - 1945)

ML1387 1943

SDML1321 1960

Names

ML1001, 1945 - SML1

ML1002 (ASL17)

ML1003 - 1007

ML1008 (ASL1)

ML1009

ML1010 (FDB59)

ML1011 - 1019

ML1020 (ASL2)

ML1021 (FDB57)

ML1022 (FDB60)

ML1023

ML1024 (ASL3)

ML1025 (FDB69)

ML1026 (FDB33)

ML1027 (FDB46)

ML1028 - 1030

ML1031 (ASL4)

ML1032

ML1033 - 1036 (FDB47 - 50)

ML1037 - 1039

ML1040 (ASL18)

ML1041 - 1046

ML1047 (FDB51)

ML1048

ML1049 (ASL5)

ML1050 - 1052

ML1053, 1.1945 - SML2

ML1054 - 1055

ML1056 (ASL6)

ML1057

ML1058 - 1059 (FDB53 - 53)

ML1060

ML1061 (RIN from 5.1943)

ML1062 - 1063

ML1064 (FDB61)

ML1065 - 1066

ML1067 (FDB34)

ML1068 (FDB54)

ML1069

ML1070 - 1071 (FDB55 - 56)

ML1072

ML1073 (RIN from 1943)

ML1075 (ASL19)

ML1076 - 1078

ML1079 (RIN 1943 - 1946)

ML1080, 1948 - P3501 ML3501

ML1081, 1945 - SML3, 1948 - P323 SML323

ML1082 - 1083

ML1084 (RIN 4.1942 - 1946)

ML1085, 1945 - SML4, 1948 - P324 SML324

ML1086

ML1087 (RIN 4.1942 - 1944)

ML1088 - 1089

ML1090 (RNZN from 6.1942)

ML1091, 1945 - SML5, 1948 - P325 SML325

ML1092 - 1099

ML1100 - 1104 (RIN from 1944)

ML1105, 1948 - P3502 ML3502

ML1106 - 1108

ML1121 - 1124

ML1125 (RAN 1943, RIN 1944)

ML1126 - 1128

ML1129 (RAN 11.1942)

ML1130 - 1139

ML1140 (ASL7), 1946 - Gannet

ML1141 - 1147

ML1148 (RIN from 1943)

ML1149 - 1150

ML1151 (RIN from 1944)

ML1152 - 1160

ML1161 (RAN from 1.1943)

ML1162 - 1182

ML1195 - 1196

ML1205 - 1206 (Burma 1946)

ML1207 - 1253

ML1254, 1946 - MSU1

ML1255 - 1260

ML1269 - 1271

ML1272 (Burma 1945)

ML1273

ML1274 (FDB62)

ML1275

ML1276 (FDB63)

ML1277 - 1278

ML1279 (FDB70)

ML1280, 1948 - P3503 ML3503

ML1281 - 1285

ML1286 (Burma 4.1946)

ML1287 - 1294

ML1295 (FDB74), 1948 - P3512 ML3512

ML1296 - 1297

ML1298 (Burma 4.1946)

ML1299 (Burma 8.1945)

ML1300 (FDB64)

ML1301, 1946 - MSU2, 1948 - P352 SML352

ML1302 - 1303

ML1304 (Burma 8.1945)

ML1305

ML1306 (Burma 8.1945)

ML1307 - 1308

ML1309 (FDB75)

ML1310 (FDB79)

ML1311 - 1314

ML1315 - 1320 (FDB40 - 45)

ML1333 - 1335, 1948 - P3505-3507 ML3505 - 3507

ML1336-1337

ML1360 - 1363 (FDB28 - 31)

ML1364 - 1367

ML1368 (Burma 4.1946)

ML1369 - 1373

ML1374 (Burma 4.1946)

ML1375 - 1377

ML1378 (FDB80 Isis), 1948 - P3513 ML3513

ML1379 (FDB81)

ML1380 - 1381

ML1382 (ASL8)

ML1383 (FDB86)

ML1384

ML1385 - 1386, 1948 - P3508-3509 ML3508 - 3509

ML1387 (FDB76)

ML1388

ML1389 (FDB58)

ML1390 (FDB85)

ML1391 (FDB72), 1948 - P3515 ML3515

ML1392 (FDB73)

ML1393, 1945 - SML6, 1948 - P326 SML326

ML1394 - 1395

ML1396 (FDB82)

ML1397 (FDB65)

ML1398 - 1399

ML1400 (FDB35)

ML1401

ML1402 (FDB66)

ML1403

ML1404 (ASL9)

ML1405 - 1406 (FDB83 - 84)

ML1407

ML1408 (FDB78)

ML1409

ML1410 (ASL10)

ML1411 1945 - SML7, 1948 - P327 SML327

ML1412 (ASL11)

ML1413 - 1414

ML1415 - 1416 (ASL12 - 13)

ML1417 - 1418

ML1419 (ASL14)

ML1420, 1948 - P3510 ML3510

ML1421 (FDB77)

ML1422 (ASL15)

ML1423

ML1424 (Burma 4.1946)

ML1425 - 1433

ML1440 - 1446 (FDB15 - 21)

ML1447 - 1448

ML1449 (FDB32)

ML1450 (FDB11)

ML1451 - 1452 (FDB22 - 23)

ML1453 (FDB12)

ML1454 - 1455 (FDB24 - 25)

ML1456 (Burma 8.1945)

ML1457 - 1458

ML1459 (FDB36)

ML1460

ML1461 (ASL16)

ML1462 - 1463 (Burma 8.1945)

ML1464 - 1465

ML1466 (FDB67)

ML1467 (Burma 8.1945)

ML1468

ML1469 (FDB68)

ML1470

ML1471 (FDB71)

ML1472 - 1473 (FDB13 - 14)

ML1474 - 1475 (FDB26 - 27)

ML1476

ML1477 - 1478 (Burma 8.1945)

ML1479 - 1482

ML1483 (FDB37)

ML1484 - 1485

ML1486 (Burma 8.1945)

ML1487

ML1488 (Burma 8.1945)

ML1489 (FDB38)

ML1490 - 1492

ML1493 (FDB39)

ML1494

RAN:

ML1074

ML1125 (1943 - 1944)

ML1129 (from 11.1942)

ML1161 (from 1943)

ML1321 - 1329

ML1338 - 1347

ML1352 - 1359

RNZN:

ML1090 (from 6.1942)

ML1183, 1950 - P3551 SDML3551, 1956 - P3551 Mako, 1970 - P3551 Makro

ML1184, 1950 - P3552 SDML3552, 1956 - P3552 Paea

ML1185, 1948 - Bombardier, 1950 - P3567 SDML3567 Managa

ML1186

ML1187, 1950 - P3556B SDML3556B, 1956 - P3556B Tarapunga

ML1188, 1950 - P3556A SDML3556A, 1955 - P3556A Takupu

ML1189

ML1190, 1950 - P3562 SDML3562, 1956 - P3562 Olphert, 1967 - P3562 Parore

ML1191, 1950 - P3353 SDML3353, 1961 - P3353 Tamaki, 1966 - P3353 Kahawai

ML1192, 1950 - P3554 SDML3554, 1961 - P3554 Irirangi, 1966 - P3554 Maroro

ML1193, 1950 - P3555 SDML3555, 1955 - P3555 Viti, 1959 - P3555 Ngapona, 1967 - P3555 Tamure

ML1194, 1948 - Ngapona, 1950 - P3561 SDML3561

ML1348, 1950 - P3563 SDML3563, 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 - P3351 Aotearoa

RIN:

ML1051 (from 5.1943)

ML1073 (from 1943)

ML1079 (1943 - 1946)

ML1084 (4/1942 - 1946)

ML1087 (4/1942 - 1944)

ML1100 - 1104 (from 1944)

ML1109

ML1110, 1951 - P3110

ML1111

ML1112, 1951 - P3112

ML1113 - 1116

ML1117 - 1118, 1951 - P3117 - 3118

ML1119 - 1120

ML1125 (from 1944)

ML1148 (from 1943)

ML1151 (from 1944)

ML1261 - 1263, 1951 - P3517 - 3519

ML1264 - 1265

ML1266, 1950 - P3520

ML1267 - 1268

SAN:

ML1197 - 1204

ML1330 - 1332

 

all ML boats were reclassified as HDML in 1944, as SDML in 1949 and SDB in 1959.

Builders

Lady Bee, Isleworth: ML1001

Sussex SB Co., Shoreham: ML1002, 1007, 1008, 1085 - 1087, 1121 - 1124, 1223, 1224, 1292 - 1295

Walker, Colombo, Ceylon: ML1003, 1004, 1069, 1070, 1164 - 1166, 1311-1314, 1370, 1371

Hillyard, Littlehampton: ML1005, 1006, 1056, 1057, 1158, 1159, 1235, 1236,1269 - 1272, 1401, 1402, 1458 - 1460

Anderson Rigden & Perkins, Whitstable: ML1009, 1010, 1146, 1147, 1233, 1234, 1273 - 1275, 1382, 1383, 1403, 1404, 1479, 1480

Newman, Hamworthy: ML1011, 1012, 1040 - 1044, 1209, 1210, 1225, 1226, 1249 -1254, 1368, 1369, 1384 - 1387, 1405, 1406, 1493, 1494

Berthon Boat, Lymington: ML1013, 1014, 1025, 1026, 1031, 1032, 1037, 1038, 1046, 1047, 1125 - 1128, 1237 - 1240, 1255 - 1260, 1372, 1373, 1390 - 1393, 1413, 1414, 1465 - 1468, 1483 - 1485

Blackmore, Bideford: ML1015, 1016, 1065, 1066, 1083, 1084, 1150 - 1153, 1231, 1232, 1300 - 1303, 1376 - 1379, 1409 - 1412, 1456, 1457, 1486, 1487

Harland & Wolff, Belfast: ML1017, 1018, 1034, 1035, 1092 - 1095

Bunn, Wroxham: ML1019, 1020, 1036, 1054, 1055, 1154, 1155, 1308 - 1310

Robinson, Lowestoft: ML1021, 1022, 1075, 1137 - 1139, 1245 - 1248, 1396, 1397, 1481, 1482

Sittingbourne SB Co.: ML1023, 1024, 1071, 1072, 1160, 1161, 1227, 1228, 1281, 1282, 1388, 1389, 1469 - 1471

Bute Slip, Clyde: ML1027, 1028, 1156, 1157, 1279, 1280

McGruer, Clynder: ML1029, 1030, 1048 - 1050, 1088, 1089, 1229, 1230, 1296 - 1299, 1415 - 1418, 1461 - 1464, 1490 - 1492

Bolson, Poole: ML1033, 1045, 1064, 1081, 1082, 1140, 1141

Morgan Giles, Teignmouth: ML1039, 1051 - 1053

Woods, Potter Heigham: ML1058 - 1061, 1142 - 1145, 1304 - 1307, 1419, 1420

Thornycroft, Singapore: ML1062, 1063, 1096, 1097, 1167 - 1170, 1213 - 1220

Moody, Swanwick Shore: ML1067, 1068, 1148, 1149, 1221, 1222, 1276 - 1278, 1374, 1375, 1421 - 1423, 1488, 1489

Robinson, Tewkesbury: ML1073, 1074

McLean, Renfrew: ML1076 - 1079, 1241 - 1244, 1394, 1395, 1407, 1408, 1476 - 1478

Elkins, Christchurch: ML1080, 1162, 1163, 1398 - 1400

Ranalah Yacht Yard, Wooton: ML1090, 1091

Nichol, Durban, South Africa: ML1098, 1099, 1198 - 1202, 1330 - 1337

Irrawadi Flotilla Co., Rangoon, Burma: ML1100 - 1103

Rangoon DYd, Burma: ML1104

Africa Mirine, Mombasa, Kenya: ML1105 - 1108, 1195, 1196

Mohatta, Karachi, India: ML1109 - 1111, 1265 - 1267, 1424 - 1427

Hooghly Dock, Calcutta, India: ML1112 - 1113

Bombay Steam Navigation, India: ML1114, 1432

Garden Reach, Calcutta, India: ML1115, 1120

Bombay DYd, India: ML1116, 1117, 1261 - 1264

India General Navigation, Calcutta, India: ML1118, 1119

Thornycroft, Hampton: ML1129 - 1136, 1211, 1212, 1283 - 1291

Dodge, Newport News, USA: ML1171 - 1182, 1364 - 1367

Madden & Lewis, Sausalito, USA: ML1183 - 1186

Everett, Washington, USA: ML1187 - 1190

Grays Harbor, Aberdeen, USA: ML1191 - 1194

Spadbrow, Durban, South Africa: ML1203, 1204

Truscott, St. Joseph, USA: ML1205 - 1208, 1344 - 1347

Scindia, Bombay, India: ML1268, 1430, 1431

Pehara, Alexandria, Egypt: ML1315 - 1320

Purdon & Featherstone, Hobart, Australia: ML1321, 1322

MacFarland, Adelaide, Australia: ML1323, 1324, 1327 - 1329, 1380, 1381

Jack, Launceston, Australia: ML1325, 1326

Leek, New Jersey, USA: ML1338, 1339

Thorsen, Ellsworth, USA: ML1340 - 1343

Ackerman, Azusa, USA: ML1348 - 1351

Freeport SYd, Long Island, USA: ML1352 - 1355, 1444 - 1446

Elscot, City Island, USA: ML1356 - 1359

Edgar, Rye, USA: ML1360 - 1363

Alcock Ashdown, Karachi, India: ML1428, 1429

Armedi SYd, Bombay, India: ML1433

Hiltebrant, Kingston, USA: ML1440 - 1443

Quincy Adams, USA: ML1447 - 1449

Harris & Parsons, Greenwich, USA: ML1450 - 1452

Perkins & Vaughan, Wickford, USA: ML1453 - 1455

Huskins Yacht Co., USA: ML1472 - 1475

Completed

9 - 11.1940: ML1011, 1029 - 1032, 1039

1 - 12.1941: ML1001 - 1010, 1012 - 1028, 1033 - 1038, 1040 - 1054, 1056 - 1059, 1064 - 1073, 1075 - 1078, 1080 - 1083, 1085, 1086, 1088, 1100 - 1104

1 - 12.1942: ML1055, 1060 - 1063, 1074, 1079, 1084, 1087, 1089 - 1091, 1098, 1099, 1121 - 1153, 1156 - 1165, 1171, 1172 1209 - 1212, 1221, 1225 - 1227, 1229 - 1240, 1249, 1250, 1255

1 - 12.1943: ML1105 - 1107, 1115, 1120, 1154, 1155, 1166, 1173 - 1194, 1197 - 1204, 1222 - 1224, 1228, 1241 - 1248, 1251 - 1254, 1256 - 1260, 1269 - 1279, 1281 - 1308, 1321, 1325, 1360 - 1362, 1364 - 1369, 1372 - 1388, 1390 - 1392, 1394, 1395, 1398, 1407, 1409, 1415, 1421

1 - 12.1944: ML1108 - 1114, 1116 - 1119, 1195, 1205, 1265 - 1267, 1280, 1309, 1310, 1322 - 1324, 1326, 1327, 1329 - 1334, 1336 - 1343, 1347 - 1359, 1363, 1389, 1393, 1396, 1397, 1399, 1401 - 1406, 1408, 1410 - 1414, 1416 - 1420, 1422, 1423, 1447, 1456 - 1458, 1461 - 1463, 1465 - 1470, 1476 - 1479, 1486, 1488

1 - 12.1945: ML1206, 1261 - 1263, 1268, 1315 - 1320, 1328, 1335, 1344 - 1346, 1370, 1400, 1424, 1425, 1430, 1432, 1440 - 1446, 1448 - 1455, 1459, 1471 - 1475, 1480, 1483, 1489, 1493

Losses

lost incomplete: ML1092 - 1095 (5/1941), 1096 - 1097 (2/1942), 1167 - 1170 (2/1942), 1213 - 1220 (2/1942)

cancelled: ML1196, 1207, 1208, 1264, 1311-1314, 1371, 1426 - 1429, 1431, 1433, 1460, 1464, 1481, 1482, 1484, 1485, 1487, 1490 - 1492, 1494

ML1003 (20.4.1941), ML1011 (10.5.1941), ML1015 (?.10.1943), ML1019 (CTL ?.7.1944), ML1030 (28.5.1941), ML1037 (20.4.1941), ML1039 (23.6.1942), ML1054 (11.10.1943), ML1057 (13.10.1944), ML1060 (6.8.1944), ML1062 (16.2.1942), ML1063 (1.3.1942), ML1069 (23.6.1942), ML1083 (20.2.1944), ML1090 (11.7.1942), ML1119 (7.10.1944), ML1121 (31.12.1943), ML1147 (7/1944), ML1153 (9/1942), ML1154 (14.5.1943), ML1157 (4/1943), ML1163 (5.1.1945), ML1179 (21.8.1944), P3561 Ngapoa (8.11.1957), ML1212 (4/1943), ML1226 (4.10.1945), ML1227 (5.10.1944), ML1244 (25.11.1943), ML1259 (31.10.1944), ML1289 (25.11.1943), ML1380 (1.5.1944), ML1381 (26.8.1944 captured by German craft), ML1388 (24.12.1943), ML1394 (1946), ML1417 (15.2.1945)

Transfers

Italy: ML1004 (3/1946), ML1012 (3/1946), ML1017 (3/1946), ML1023 (3/1946), ML1028 (3/1946), ML1155 (3/1946), ML1239 (3/1946), ML1251 (2/1946)

France: ML1021 (VP25, 7.1946), ML1022 (VP26, 12.1947), ML1067 (VP24, 1.1948), ML1072 (VP21, 8.1943), ML1127 (VP11, 1943), ML1128 (VP6, 1944), ML1132 (VP8, 9.1943), ML1133 (VP7, 9.1943), ML1136 (VP14, 1944), ML1138 (VP2, 5.1943), ML1139 (VP16, 1944), ML1141 (VP22, 8.1943), ML1142 (VP13, 1.1944), ML1143 (VP31 Palmyre, 1944), ML1144 (VP15, 2.1944), ML1152 (VP11, 1944), ML1164 (VP32 Baalbek, 1944), ML1166 (VP5, 1945), ML1223 (VP3, 1945), ML1225 (VP12, 1944), ML1228 (VP6, 1944), ML1229 (VP749, 1946), ML1231 (VP23, 8.1943), ML1233 (VP3, 6.1943), ML1240 (VP4, 6.1943), ML1249 (VP1, 4.1943), ML1250 (VP10, 12.1943), ML1273 (VP82, 1946), ML1293 (7/1946), ML1370 (VP72, 3.1946), ML1372 (1946), ML1377 (VP71, 7.1946), ML1423 (VP747, 1946), ML1425 (VP41, 3.1946), ML1432 (VP81, 7.1946), ML1457 (VP42, 7.1946)

Greece: ML1032 (1947), ML1051 (9/1945), ML1149 (Klissoura, 9.1945), ML1221 (Bizani, 8.1945), ML1252 (Farsala, 11.1945), ML1292 (Distraton, 9.1945), ML1307 (Karia, 11.1945), ML1375 (Kastraki, 11.1945)

China: ML1033 (1947), ML1047 (1947), ML1058 (1947), ML1059 (1947), ML1068 (1947), ML1390 (1947), ML1405 (1947), ML1406 (1947)

Malaya: ML3502 (Sri Trengganu, 1949), ML3505 (Sri Pahang, 5.1958), ML3506 (Sri Negri Sembilan, 9.1950), ML3507 (Sri Perak, 3.1954), ML1336 (7/1947), ML1376 (7/1947), ML3508 (Sri Kelantan, 12.1950), ML3509 (1949), ML1398 (7/1947)

Portugal: ML1106 (4/1947), ML1108 (4/1947)

Turkey: ML1124 (LM1, 1943), ML1135 (LM2, 3.1943), ML1153 (1942), ML1243 (LM8, 11.1943), ML1245 (LM7, 10.1943), ML1256 (LM3, 8.1943), ML1282 (LM6, 10.1943), LM1294 (LM5, 10.1943), ML1296 (LM4, 8.1943)

Pakistan, 1949: ML1261 - 1263, 1266

Israel: ML1277 (1946)

Philippines: ML1322 (1958), ML1326 - 1329 (1958)

Iran: SML323 (1949), ML1323 (6/1956), ML1389 (1/1949)

Netherlands: ML1260 (1946), ML1337 (1946), ML1400 (5/1946), ML1407 (10/1945), ML1409 (10/1945), ML1440 (1945), ML1449 - 1451 (1945), ML1453 (1945), ML1454 (1945), ML1470 (1947), ML1472 - 1475 (1945), ML1479 (1947), ML1489 (1945), ML1493 (1945)

Nigeria: ML1391 (3/1959)

Burma Govt: ML1205 - 1206 (from 1946); ML1272 (from 1945); ML1286 (from 4.1946); ML1298 (from 4.1946); ML1299 (from 8.1945); ML1304 (from 8.1945); ML1306 (from 8.1945); ML1368 (from 4.1946); ML1374 (from 4.1946); ML1424 (from 4.1946); ML1456 (from 8.1945); ML1462 - 1463 (from 8.1945); ML1467 (from 8.1945); ML1477 - 1478 (from 8.1945); ML1486 (from 8.1945); ML1488 (from 8.1945)

Discarding

1945: ML1009, 1013, 1019, 1043 - 1045, 1065, 1066, 1076 - 1078, 1137, 1147, 1160, 1195, 1209, 1318, 1330, 1332, 1441 - 1446, 1452, 1455, 1465

1946: ML1002, 1005 - 1008, 1014, 1016, 1018, 1020, 1024, 1027, 1029, 1031, 1038, 1040 - 1042, 1046, 1048 - 1050, 1052, 1055, 1056, 1061, 1073, 1075, 1086, 1088, 1089, 1099, 1114 - 1116, 1122, 1123, 1126, 1130, 1131, 1134, 1145, 1146, 1156, 1158, 1159, 1162, 1165, 1189, 1210, 1211, 1222, 1230, 1232, 1234, 1235, 1237, 1238, 1241, 1242, 1246, 1248, 1253, 1255, 1257, 1269 - 1271, 1278, 1283 - 1285, 1287, 1288, 1290, 1291, 1297, 1302, 1303, 1308, 1315 - 1317, 1319, 1320, 1331, 1373, ASL8, ML1383, 1384, 1395, 1399, 1401, 1403, ASL9, 10, 11, ML14113, 1414, ASL12, 13, ML1418, ASL15, ML1430, 1447, 1448, 1459, ASL16, ML1480, 1483

1947: ML1025, 1026, 1034, 1035, 1064, 1071, 1079, 1082, 1084, 1087, 1098, 1100 - 1104, 1109, 1111, 1113, 1120, 1125, 1129, 1148, 1150, 1151, 1161, 1171 - 1178, 1180 - 1182, 1186, 1224, 1236, 1247, 1258, 1265, 1267, 1268, 1275, 1276, 1305, 1310, 1360 - 1367, 1379, 1392, 1396, 1421, 1458, 1466, 1468, 1469, 1476

1948: ML1010, 1036, 1070, 1074, 1107, 1300, 1309, 1408, 1471

1949: SML1, ML1205, 1206, 1281, 1338 - 1347, 1352 - 1359

1951: ML3110, 3112, 3117, 3118, 1351 Aotearoa

1953: SML327

1954: MSU1

1957: ASL7 Gannet

1958: SML325, P3556B Tarapunga, P3556A Takupu, SDML3511, 3503, 3512, 3513, 3514, ASL14 Peregrine

1959: SML322, 324, 326, SDML3510

1961: SDML1197 - 1204

1966: SML352, SDML3516 Medusa

1971: SDML1321

1972: P3554 Maroro

1975: P3551 Makro, P3562 Parore, P3353 Kahawai, P3555 Tamure

1980: Managa

1982: SDB1324

1992: SDB1325

late 1990s: P3552 Paea, P3563 Toroa, P3565 Haku, P3564 Koura

 

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

ML1321 - 1329: 2 Buda Lanova diesels

ML1338 - 1367, 1440 - 1455: 2 Hercules diesels

ML1011 - 1016, 1025, 1026, 1031 - 1033, 1037 - 1039, 1041 - 1044, 1046, 1047, 1051 - 1055, 1058 - 1061, 1064 - 1066, 1071 - 1074, 1080 - 1087, 1090, 1091, 1098, 1099, 1105 - 1108, 1125 - 1128, 1139 - 1145, 1148 - 1153, 1162, 1163, 1195 - 1204, 1209, 1210, 1221, 1222, 125, 1226, 1231, 1232, 1245, 1246, 1249 - 1254, 1258 - 1260, 1269 - 1272, 1276 - 1278, 1292 - 1295, 1300 - 1307, 1330 - 1337, 1368, 1369, 1374 - 1379, 1384 - 1387, 1390 - 1393, 1398 - 1402, 1405, 1406, 1409 - 1414, 1419 - 1423, 1456 - 1460, 1465 - 1468, 1486 - 1489, 1493, 1494: 2 Gardner diesels

ML1017, 1018, 1027 - 1030, 1034 - 1036, 1048 - 1050, 1078, 1079, 1088, 1089, 1092 - 1095, 1109 - 1120, 1156, 1157, 1205 - 1208, 1279, 1280, 1296 - 1299, 1308 - 1310, 1370, 1371, 1394, 1395, 1407, 1408, 1415 - 1418, 1430 - 1433, 1461 - 1464, 1476 - 1478: 2 Glennifer diesels

ML1171 - 1194, 1315 - 1320: 2 Gray diesels

ML1001 - 1010, 1021 - 1024, 1040, 1062, 1063, 1075, 1121 - 1124, 1129 - 1138, 1146, 1147, 1154, 1155, 1158 - 1161, 1164 - 1166, 1211, 1212, 1223, 1224, 1227 - 1230, 1233 - 1244, 1247, 1248, 1255 - 1257, 1261 - 1268, 1273 - 1275, 1281 - 1291, 1372, 1373, 1382, 1383, 1388, 1389, 1396, 1397, 1403, 1404, 1424 - 1429, 1469 - 1471, 1479, 1480: 2 Thornycroft diesels

ML1019, 1020, 1045, 1056, 1057, 1067 - 1070, 1076, 1077, 1096, 1097, 1100 - 1104, 1167 - 1170, 1213 - 1220, 1380, 1381, 1472 - 1475, 1481 - 1485, 1490 - 1492: 2 unknown diesels

Power, h. p.

ML1321 - 1329: 300

ML1338 - 1367, 1440 - 1455: 480

ML1011 - 1016, 1025, 1026, 1031 - 1033, 1037 - 1039, 1041 - 1044, 1046, 1047, 1051 - 1055, 1058 - 1061, 1064 - 1066, 1071 - 1074, 1080 - 1087, 1090, 1091, 1098, 1099, 1105 - 1108, 1125 - 1128, 1139 - 1145, 1148 - 1153, 1162, 1163, 1195 - 1204, 1209, 1210, 1221, 1222, 125, 1226, 1231, 1232, 1245, 1246, 1249 - 1254, 1258 - 1260, 1269 - 1272, 1276 - 1278, 1292 - 1295, 1300 - 1307, 1330 - 1337, 1368, 1369, 1374 - 1379, 1384 - 1387, 1390 - 1393, 1398 - 1402, 1405, 1406, 1409 - 1414, 1419 - 1423, 1456 - 1460, 1465 - 1468, 1486 - 1489, 1493, 1494: 300

ML1017, 1018, 1027 - 1030, 1034 - 1036, 1048 - 1050, 1078, 1079, 1088, 1089, 1092 - 1095, 1109 - 1120, 1156, 1157, 1205 - 1208, 1279, 1280, 1296 - 1299, 1308 - 1310, 1370, 1371, 1394, 1395, 1407, 1408, 1415 - 1418, 1430 - 1433, 1461 - 1464, 1476 - 1478: 320

ML1171 - 1194, 1315 - 1320: 330

ML1001 - 1010, 1021 - 1024, 1040, 1062, 1063, 1075, 1121 - 1124, 1129 - 1138, 1146, 1147, 1154, 1155, 1158 - 1161, 1164 - 1166, 1211, 1212, 1223, 1224, 1227 - 1230, 1233 - 1244, 1247, 1248, 1255 - 1257, 1261 - 1268, 1273 - 1275, 1281 - 1291, 1372, 1373, 1382, 1383, 1388, 1389, 1396, 1397, 1403, 1404, 1424 - 1429, 1469 - 1471, 1479, 1480: 260

ML1019, 1020, 1045, 1056, 1057, 1067 - 1070, 1076, 1077, 1096, 1097, 1100 - 1104, 1167 - 1170, 1213 - 1220, 1380, 1381, 1472 - 1475, 1481 - 1485, 1490 - 1492: unknown diesels

Max speed, kts

ML1321 - 1329: 11.5

ML1338 - 1367, 1440 - 1455: 13.5

ML1011 - 1016, 1025, 1026, 1031 - 1033, 1037 - 1039, 1041 - 1044, 1046, 1047, 1051 - 1055, 1058 - 1061, 1064 - 1066, 1071 - 1074, 1080 - 1087, 1090, 1091, 1098, 1099, 1105 - 1108, 1125 - 1128, 1139 - 1145, 1148 - 1153, 1162, 1163, 1195 - 1204, 1209, 1210, 1221, 1222, 125, 1226, 1231, 1232, 1245, 1246, 1249 - 1254, 1258 - 1260, 1269 - 1272, 1276 - 1278, 1292 - 1295, 1300 - 1307, 1330 - 1337, 1368, 1369, 1374 - 1379, 1384 - 1387, 1390 - 1393, 1398 - 1402, 1405, 1406, 1409 - 1414, 1419 - 1423, 1456 - 1460, 1465 - 1468, 1486 - 1489, 1493, 1494: 11.8

ML1017, 1018, 1027 - 1030, 1034 - 1036, 1048 - 1050, 1078, 1079, 1088, 1089, 1092 - 1095, 1109 - 1120, 1156, 1157, 1205 - 1208, 1279, 1280, 1296 - 1299, 1308 - 1310, 1370, 1371, 1394, 1395, 1407, 1408, 1415 - 1418, 1430 - 1433, 1461 - 1464, 1476 - 1478: 11.5

ML1171 - 1194, 1315 - 1320: 11.9

ML1001 - 1010, 1021 - 1024, 1040, 1062, 1063, 1075, 1121 - 1124, 1129 - 1138, 1146, 1147, 1154, 1155, 1158 - 1161, 1164 - 1166, 1211, 1212, 1223, 1224, 1227 - 1230, 1233 - 1244, 1247, 1248, 1255 - 1257, 1261 - 1268, 1273 - 1275, 1281 - 1291, 1372, 1373, 1382, 1383, 1388, 1389, 1396, 1397, 1403, 1404, 1424 - 1429, 1469 - 1471, 1479, 1480: 11

ML1019, 1020, 1045, 1056, 1057, 1067 - 1070, 1076, 1077, 1096, 1097, 1100 - 1104, 1167 - 1170, 1213 - 1220, 1380, 1381, 1472 - 1475, 1481 - 1485, 1490 - 1492: 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

Sensors

completed 1940-1943: type 134 sonar

completed 1943-1945: type 291U radar (some), type 134 sonar

Complement

10

Project history: Wooden-hulled round-bilge boats with good seaworthiness.

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

                84 boats: 1 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 8 DC

                46 boats: 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 8 DC

                50 boats: 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 12.7/62, 8 DC

                22 boats: 1 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 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

                13 boats: 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk I/III, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 8 DC

Naval service: ASL are "air safety launches". FDB are "fast despatch boats". SDML means "seaward defence motor launches" and SDB are "seaward defence boats"

ML1139

ML1115 1946

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