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UNITED KINGDOM
COASTAL FORCES
Fairmile "A" type motor launches (ML100) (12, 1940)
Photo
ML105 1940
Ships
| Names | Builders | Completed | Losses | Transfers | Discarding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ML100 - 111 |
Aldous Successors, Brightlingsea: ML110 Brooke Marine, Oulton Broad: ML103 Curtis, Looe: ML105 Dickie, Bangor: ML104 James N. Miller, East Shore: ML108 William Osbourne, Littlehampton: ML109 Alex Robertson, Sandbank: ML106 James A. Silver, Rosneath: ML101, 111 Sussex SB, Shoreham: ML107 Woodnutt, Bembridge: ML100, 102 |
5 - 8.1940: ML100-111 |
ML103 (24.8.1942), ML108 (5.9.1943), ML109 (30.10.1940), ML111 (25.11.1940) |
none |
1946: ML105 1947: ML100 - 102, 104, 106, 107, 110 |
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t | 66 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 33.5 |
| Breadth, m | 5.31 |
| Draught, m | 1.68 deep load |
| No of shafts | 3 |
| Machinery | 3 Hall-Scott petrol engines |
| Power, h. p. | 1800 |
| Max speed, kts | 25 |
| Fuel, t | petrol 5460 l |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | 1 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 7.7/87, 12 DC |
| Electronic equipment | type 134 sonar |
| Complement | 16 |
Standard scale images
ML100 1940
Graphics
ML105 1940
Project history
These wooden-hulled boats had too big tactical diameter and small endurance.
Modernizations
1941, all survived converted to minelayers with capacity of 6 - 9 mines instead of DCs
about 1942, all survived: + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, type 286PU radar
1943-1944, most survived: - type 286PU radar; + type 291U radar
by 1945, all survived: - mine-laying capability; + 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 DCT, 12 DC
Naval service
no significant events.
