"ML" type motor launches (ML1) (580, 1915

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"ML" type motor launches (ML1) (580, 1915 - 1918)

Ships

Names	Builders	Completed	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
ML.1 - 580	Elco, Bayonne, USA: ML.1 - 50 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada: ML.51 - 580	1915: ML.1 - 550 1918: ML.551 - 580	ML.18 (29.9.1919), ML.19 (31.1.1916), ML.40 (18.5.1916), ML.52 (29.11.1917), ML.55 (28.1.1918), ML.62 (29.9.1919), ML.64 (10.6.1918), ML.97 (CTL WWI), ML.98, ML.110 (23.4.1918), ML.121 (22.12.1918), ML.127 (CTL WWI), ML.149 (10.9.1916), ML.152 (2.1.1920), ML.191 (29.9.1919), ML.196 (after WWI), ML.197 (31.1.1917), ML.229 (CTL WWI), ML.230 (14.9.1916), ML.247 (29.9.1918), ML.253 (14.9.1916), ML.254 (10.5.1918), ML.255 (14.9.1916), ML.278 (15.1.1918), ML.356 (11.1.1918), ML.403 (22.8.1918), ML.421 (6.4.1918), ML.424 (23.4.1918), ML.431 (22.4.1917), ML.434 (after WWI), ML.474 (23.7.1917), ML.521 (after WWI), ML.534 (13.4.1917), ML.540 (8.6.1917), ML.541 (8.6.1917), ML.561 (21.10.1918), ML.566 (22.12.1918)	France 1916 - 1917: ML.38 (V5), ML.114 - 117 (V1 - 4), ML.390 (V6), ML.392 (V7), ML.394 (V8), ML.396 (V9), ML.400 (V10), ML.402 (V11), ML.404 (V12), ML.442 (V13), ML.444 (V14), ML.446 (V15), ML.448 - 454 (V16 - 22), ML.456 (V23), ML.458 - 460 (V24 - 26), ML.462 (V27), ML.464 (V28), ML.469 - 472 (V29 - 32), ML.489 (V33), ML.491 - 493 (V34 - 36), ML.543 - 544 (V37 - 38), ML.547 - 548 (V39 - 40)	1919: 200+ boats 1920: 127+ boats 1921: 52 survived 1924: 8 were in commission (ML.8, 287, 291, 307, 339, 473, 519, 542) 1926 - 1927: last 6 were sold

Names

Builders

Completed

Losses

Transfers

Discarding

ML.1 - 580

Elco, Bayonne, USA: ML.1 - 50

Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada: ML.51 - 580

1915: ML.1 - 550

1918: ML.551 - 580

ML.18 (29.9.1919), ML.19 (31.1.1916), ML.40 (18.5.1916), ML.52 (29.11.1917), ML.55 (28.1.1918), ML.62 (29.9.1919), ML.64 (10.6.1918), ML.97 (CTL WWI), ML.98, ML.110 (23.4.1918), ML.121 (22.12.1918), ML.127 (CTL WWI), ML.149 (10.9.1916), ML.152 (2.1.1920), ML.191 (29.9.1919), ML.196 (after WWI), ML.197 (31.1.1917), ML.229 (CTL WWI), ML.230 (14.9.1916), ML.247 (29.9.1918), ML.253 (14.9.1916), ML.254 (10.5.1918), ML.255 (14.9.1916), ML.278 (15.1.1918), ML.356 (11.1.1918), ML.403 (22.8.1918), ML.421 (6.4.1918), ML.424 (23.4.1918), ML.431 (22.4.1917), ML.434 (after WWI), ML.474 (23.7.1917), ML.521 (after WWI), ML.534 (13.4.1917), ML.540 (8.6.1917), ML.541 (8.6.1917), ML.561 (21.10.1918), ML.566 (22.12.1918)

France 1916 - 1917: ML.38 (V5), ML.114 - 117 (V1 - 4), ML.390 (V6), ML.392 (V7), ML.394 (V8), ML.396 (V9), ML.400 (V10), ML.402 (V11), ML.404 (V12), ML.442 (V13), ML.444 (V14), ML.446 (V15), ML.448 - 454 (V16 - 22), ML.456 (V23), ML.458 - 460 (V24 - 26), ML.462 (V27), ML.464 (V28), ML.469 - 472 (V29 - 32), ML.489 (V33), ML.491 - 493 (V34 - 36), ML.543 - 544 (V37 - 38), ML.547 - 548 (V39 - 40)

1919: 200+ boats

1920: 127+ boats

1921: 52 survived

1924: 8 were in commission (ML.8, 287, 291, 307, 339, 473, 519, 542)

1926 - 1927: last 6 were sold

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	ML.1 - 50: 34 ML.51 - 580: 37
Displacement full, t
Length, m	ML.1 - 50: 22.9 ML.51 - 580: 24.4
Breadth, m	3.74
Draught, m	1.22
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 petrol engines
Power, h. p.	440
Max speed, kts	19
Fuel, t	petrol
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	50 boats: 1 x 1 - 76/23 13pdr 6cwt QF Mk V, 2 DCR, mechanical minesweeping gear 500+ boats: 1 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 DCR, mechanical minesweeping gear some: 1 x 1 - 47/46 3pdr Bethlehem Mk II, 2 DCR, mechanical minesweeping gear some: 1 x 1 - 40/37 2pdr QF Mk III, 2 DCR, mechanical minesweeping gear
Complement	8

Standard scale images

ML.1 1915

Project history

Mass-produced multi-purpose motor launches used for patrol and anti-submarine services also for minesweeping.

Modernizations

None

Naval service