MGB312 1941
MGB332 1945
Names |
ML312 - 316, 8.1941 - MGB312 - 316 MGB317 (ex-ML317) ML318, 8.1941 - MGB318 MGB319 - 320 (ex-ML319 - 320) ML321, 8.1941 - MGB321 MGB322 (ex-ML322) ML323, 8.1941 - MGB323 MGB324 - 329 (ex-ML324 - 329) ML330, 8.1941 - MGB330 MGB331 - 335 (ex-ML331 - 335) |
Builders |
Aldous Successors, Brightlingsea: ML318, MGB329 Brooke Marine, Oulton Broad: MGB319 Curtis, Looe: MGB325 Dickie, Bangor: ML314, MGB322, 334, 335 Kris Cruisers, Ferryll Road: ML323 Lady Bee, Shoreham: MGB328 James N. Miller, East Shore: ML313 Risdon Beazley, Northam Bridge: MGB327 Alex Robertson, Sandbank: ML315, MGB317, 320 James A. Silver, Rosneath: ML321, MGB326, 332 Tough Bros, Manor Road: ML316, 330, MGB331 Woodnutt, St. Helens: ML312, MGB324, 333 |
Completed |
5 - 10.1941: ML312-316, 318, 321, 323, 330, MGB317, 319, 320, 322, 324-329, 331-335 |
Losses |
MGB313 (16.8.1944), MGB314 (28.3.1942), MGB326 (28.6.1944), MGB328 (21.7.1942), MGB335 (11.9.1942) |
Transfers |
none |
Discarding |
10/1945: MGB312, 315-318, 320-322, 324, 327, 329, 331-334 1-3/1946: MGB319, 323, 325, 330 |
Displacement standard, t |
69 |
Displacement full, t |
75 |
Length, m |
33.5 |
Breadth, m |
5.31 |
Draught, m |
1.73 deep load |
No of shafts |
3 |
Machinery |
3 Hall-Scott petrol engines |
Power, h. p. |
2700 |
Max speed, kts |
27 |
Fuel, t |
petrol 8180 l |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 40/51 QF Mk XIV, 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 2 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 4 DC |
Sensors | type 134 sonar |
Complement |
16 |
Project history: Fairmile "C" design. Modification of 110ft "A" type ML.
Modernizations: 1942, all: + type 286U radar
1943 - 1944, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 40/50, type 286U radar; + 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, type 291U radar
1944 - 1945, most survived: - 2 x 2 - 12.762; + 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV
Naval service: No significant events.
MGB333
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