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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



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


<i>ML.1</i> 1915
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

No significant events.