Motor Launches, - "M.L's." - 45 Boat pictures.

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

All 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..

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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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               16). - M.L. 208.                             17). - M.L. 223.                             18). - M.L. 224.

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               19).- M.L. 233.                              20). - M.L. 250.                            21). - M.L. 287.

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                                             22). - M.L. 293.                                               23). - M.L. 309.                          

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

                   24). - M.L. 324.                         25). - M.L. 324 ( and others )                26). - M.L. 343.

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              27). - M.L. 344.                              28). - M.L. 464.                          29). - M.L. 495.

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                 30). - M.L. 500.                             31). - M.L. 511.                        32). - M.L. 513.

The 3 M.L's, 500, 511, 513, shown above and the 2 below, No's. 516 & 518, are "Rescue Launches", as 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.

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               33). - M.L. 516.                               34). - M.L. 518.                          35). - M.L. 1387.

M.L's.1387, seen above right at a recent "Navy Days", 1406, below left, and 3515, further down this page, are examples of the 68ft "Harbour Defence Motor Launches." 

M.L. 1387,  which is now privately owned, was previously operated as a "Survey Launch" by the RN. Hydrographer as HMS Medusa and, before that, she was used as a "Left Hand Marker" for the U.S. troops going ashore at "Omaha Beach" in June 1944.

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                36). - M.L. 1406.                            37). - M.L. 2009                           38). - M.L. 2154.

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               39). - M.L. 2250.                         40). - M.L. 2583.                           41). - M.L. 2840.

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              42). - M.L. 2912.                           43). - M.L. 3515.                         44). - M.L. 6002.

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45). - M.L. 6034.

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