Motor Launches, - "M.L's." - 64 Boat pictures.

I have placed these photo's into "Pennant No." order as shown on each Boat.

The majority of the photo's in this section are by courtesy of Mr. Mark Teadham, and information notes below some photo's have been provided by Mr. Tim Parr.
There is also a "Link" below here - to a "Coastal Forces Veterans" forum page.

http://cfv.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=241

Access to this "Forum" site has been provided by Mr. Dave Carter, whose father, Lt Frank Carter, was lost in action 17 / 06 / 1944 whilst in command of ML. 1301 seen below.

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Other "Donors" to my website, amongst them Mr Andrew Candler, have also been kind enough to send me their photo's to share on this page.
Andrew's father served on several ML's, and ended up in command of ML 901 at the end of WW11.

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1). - M.L. 106.	2). - M.L. 113.	3). - M.L. 114.

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4). - M.L. 119.	5). - M.L. 120.	6). - M.L. 124.

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7). - M.L. 137.	8). - M.L. 138.	9). - M.L. 147.

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10). - M.L. 148.	11). - M.L. 187.	12). - M.L. 189.

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13). - M.L. 193.	14). - M.L. 202.	15). - M.L. 205.

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18). - M.L. 222.

19). - M.L. 222.

20). - M.L. 222.

ML's 207, 222 and 901 seen outboard of 222 in photo's 19 & 20 above at Flekellford in October 1946, are just some of the boats that Andrew Candler's father served on.

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	21). - M.L. 223.	22). - M.L. 224.

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23). - M.L. 231

24). - M.L. 231

The two photo's above of ML 231 are courtesy of Mr Dave Carter.

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25).- M.L. 233.	26). - M.L. 250.	27). - M.L. 287.

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28). - M.L. 293.	29). - M.L. 303	30). - M.L. 309.

The photo of ML 303 in the centre above is courtesy of Mr. Craig Smith.
She is seen here on "D-Day" off "Gold Beach". Craigs father was a signalman on her at the time.
If the photo is "clicked on" to enlarge, the signal light can be seen to be in use, probably by his father.    

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The photo's above of M.L. 324 are courtesy of Mr. Roy Pavely.

31). - M.L. 324.	32). - M.L. 324 ( and others )	33). - M.L. 343.

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34). - M.L. 344.	35). - M.L. 464.	36). - M.L. 495.

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37). - M.L. 500.	38). - M.L. 511.	39). - M.L. 513.

The 3 M.L's, 500, 511, 513, shown above, and the 2 seen below, No's. 516 & 518, are "Rescue Launches".
This was shown by the "R" prefix to their pennant No's.
They were standard "Fairmile "B's" with the addition of a 4 stretcher "Sick Bay" abaft the engine room coaming.

40). - M.L. 516.	41). - M.L. 518.

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42). - M.L. 571.

 The photo above, and the few below, are more of Andrew Candler's fathers boats.

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43). - M.L. 901.

44). - M.L. 901.

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(45 - 46 - & 47). - M.L. 901 crew.

Andrew Candler's father is the Lt. in photo 45.

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48). - M.L. 1301.

49). - M.L. 1301.

The 2 photo's above, and the 3 below are coutesy of Mr Dave Carter.
The left hand photo above shows ML 1301 at Padstow in Cornwall, and the right hand one shows her passing under Bideford Bridge, presumably on completion of her build at Blackmore's yard.

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50). - M.L. 1301

51). - Lt. Frank Carter C.O. ML 1301.

52). - M.L. 1301

These 3 photo's show ML 1301 in harbour at Malta, and Dave Carter's father, Lt. Frank Carter, ML 1301's C.O. who was lost in action on 17 / 06 / 1944.

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53). - M.L. 1383.	54). ML. 1387.

M.L's.1383, seen above left in company with "Captains Class Frigate HMS Curzon, and ML 1387, seen above right at a recent "Navy Days".
M.L's. 1383, and 1387, which is now privately owned, were part of the 149th ML Flotilla, and were used as "Right and Left Hand markers"
for the U.S. troops going ashore at "Omaha Beach" on June 6th 1944.
ML 1387 was later operated as a "Survey Launch" by the RN. Hydrographer as HMS Medusa before passing into private hands. 

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55). - M.L. 1406.	56). - M.L. 2009	57). - M.L. 2154.

ML 1406, photo 38 above, and ML 3515, further down this page, are examples of the 68ft "Harbour Defence Motor Launches."

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58). - M.L. 2250.	59). - M.L. 2583.	60). - M.L. 2840.

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61). - M.L. 2912.	62). - M.L. 3515. ( 68ft H.D.M.L. )	63). - M.L. 6002.

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64). - M.L. 6034.

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