| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Motor Launch |
| Class | Fairmile B |
| Pennant | ML 157 |
| Built by | Thornycroft (Hampton-on-Thames, England, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 8 Jan 1940 |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | |
| Commissioned | 9 Oct 1940 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold in February 1946 |
Commands listed for HMS ML 157 (ML 157)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/S.Lt. Thomas Bevan Gwenlan, RNVR | 13 Aug 1942 | 1 Oct 1945 |
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Notable events involving ML 157 include:
1 Feb 1941
HMS L 27 (Lt. H.N. Edmonds, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Dartmouth, first with HMS St. Cathan (T/Lt. F. Twomey, RNR) and HMS Cape Comorin (T/Lt. N.L. Brown, RNVR) and later with ML 157, ML 157, ML 160 and ML 166. (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/16805 + ADM 199/658
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.