The Fairmile B motor launch (often abbreviated to 'ML') was a very numerous class of motor launch produced in kit form by British boatbuilder Fairmile Marine...
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Canadian Fairmile B was a motor launch built during the Second World War for the Royal Canadian Navy. They were adaptations of the British Fairmile B motor launch...
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The Fairmile A motor launch was a coastal motor launch designed by Norman Hart for the Fairmile Marine for the Royal Navy in World War II. The prototype...
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RML 497 (Rescue Motor Launch number 497) is a former Royal Navy Fairmile B motor launch from World War II. She was named Western Lady III on her entry...
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and the other in Ellingsøy, Norway. Fairmile A motor launch Fairmile B motor launch Fairmile C motor gun boat Fairmile H landing craft Steam gun boat Coastal...
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The Fairmile C motor gun boat was a type of motor gunboat designed by Norman Hart of Fairmile Marine for the Royal Navy. An intermediate design, twenty-four...
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builder: Fairmile A motor launch Fairmile B motor launch Fairmile C motor gun boat Fairmile D motor torpedo boat Fairmile H landing craft Fairmile Engineering...
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A motor launch (ML) is a small military vessel in Royal Navy service. It was designed for harbour defence and submarine chasing. Similar vessels were used...
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HMC ML Q050 (category Royal Canadian Navy Fairmile B motor launch boats of World War II)
HMC ML Q050 was the first of a series of wooden Canadian-built Fairmile B motor launch (ML) boats delivered to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) on 18 November...
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HMC ML Q051 (category Royal Canadian Navy Fairmile B motor launch boats of World War II)
HMC ML Q051 was a wooden Canadian-built Fairmile B motor launch (M.L.) upgunned submarine chaser delivered to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) on 24 November...
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HMC ML Q052 (category Royal Canadian Navy Fairmile B motor launch boats of World War II)
HMC ML Q052 was a wooden Fairmile B motor launch (ML) upgunned submarine chaser delivered to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) on 31 October 1941. Originally...
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HMC ML Q054 (category Royal Canadian Navy Fairmile B motor launch boats of World War II)
HMC ML Q054 was a wooden Canadian-built Fairmile B motor launch (ML) upgunned submarine chaser delivered to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) on 17 October...
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HMC ML Q057 (category Royal Canadian Navy Fairmile B motor launch boats of World War II)
HMC ML Q057 was a wooden Canadian-built Fairmile B motor launch (ML) upgunned submarine chaser delivered to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) on 28 October...
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HMC ML Q055 (category Royal Canadian Navy Fairmile B motor launch boats of World War II)
HMC ML Q055 was a wooden Canadian-built Fairmile B motor launch (ML) upgunned submarine chaser delivered to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) on 6 November...
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assembly and fitting out. Fairmile A motor launch Fairmile B motor launch Fairmile C motor gun boat Fairmile D motor torpedo boat from "D1 Heat Treated"...
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HMC ML Q056 (category Royal Canadian Navy Fairmile B motor launch boats of World War II)
HMC ML Q056 was a wooden Canadian-built Fairmile B motor launch (ML) upgunned submarine chaser delivered to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) on 23 November...
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Forces concept by building and employing the British-designed Fairmile B motor launch for operations off the coast of Canada and in the Caribbean. Affectionately...
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HMC ML Q053 (category Royal Canadian Navy Fairmile B motor launch boats of World War II)
HMC ML Q053 was a wooden Fairmile B motor launch (ML) upgunned submarine chaser delivered to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) on 17 November 1941. Originally...
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Table-class trawler Motor Launch Fairmile A motor launch Fairmile B motor launch Harbour Defence Motor Launch Motor torpedo boats Vosper 73 ft motor torpedo boat...
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HMNZS Kahu (P3571) was a Fairmile B motor launch of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Originally commissioned on 20 December 1943, with the pendant number Q 411...
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first naval base. HMNZS Kahu was a Fairmile B motor launch, and it functioned as an administrative base for the Fairmile flotillas during World War II. It...
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the Royal Navy E-boat Fairmile D motor torpedo boat – British "dog boats" Fast attack craft HNoMS Nasty Motor gunboat Motor Launch Operation Agreement -...
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force it started out with. The landing craft were fitted with rocket launchers to fire grapnels and ropes up the cliffs. As the Rangers scaled the cliffs...
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Fairmile Marine was a British boat building company founded in 1939 by the car manufacturer Noel Macklin. Macklin used the garage at his home at Cobham...
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attack submarines and, later, depth charges. Additional motor launches of the Fairmile A, Fairmile B and other classes were built for World War II. The British...
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Class Ship name Meaning History Fate Status Fairmile B motor launch (United Kingdom) INS HaPortzim (M-17) The Breachers Purchased from British mandate...
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HMNZS Maori (P3570) was a Fairmile B Motor Launch of the Royal New Zealand Navy Originally commissioned on 20 December 1943 with pennant number Q 409...
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following ships of the Royal New Zealand Navy: HMNZS Kahu (ML400), a Fairmile B motor launch, 1943–1965 HMNZS Kahu (A04), a Moa-class patrol boat used for training...
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HMAS ML 827 was a Fairmile B Motor Launch of the Royal Australian Navy. Commanded by Lieutenant Ian Fairley Graham Downs, OBE; While on patrol ML 827...
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patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy HMNZS Kahu (P3571), a Fairmile B motor launch of the Royal New Zealand Navy Project Kahu, a major upgrade for...
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