| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Motor Launch |
| Class | Fairmile B |
| Pennant | ML 181 |
| Built by | John Sadd & Sons Ltd. (Maldon, England, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 8 Jan 1940 |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | |
| Commissioned | 24 Jan 1941 |
| End service | 1945 |
| History | Lent to the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1945 |
Commands listed for HMS ML 181 (ML 181)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | H T Kemsley, RNVR | 2 Mar 1942 | 4 Jul 1944 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Henry Proctor, RNVR | 4 Jul 1944 | 27 May 1945 |
| 3 | C.J.M. Rickards, RNVR | 27 May 1945 | 5 Nov 1945 |
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Notable events involving ML 181 include:
14 May 1941
Around 1020A/14, HMS Tigris (Lt.Cdr. H.F. Bone, DSO, DSC, RN) arrived at Falmouth.
She left again around 2050A/14 escorted by HMS ML 181 until 2245A/14. (1)
1 May 1944
HMS Seraph (Lt. T. Russell-Walling, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Plymouth with HMS ML 186 (T/Lt. F.O.S. Man, RNVR), HMS ML 189 (T/Lt. W.J. Court, RNVR), HMS ML 181 (T/Lt. H.T. Kemsley, RNVR) and HMS ML 481 (T/Lt. W.A.N. Fell-Smith, TRNVR). (2)
Sources
- ADM 199/1845
- ADM 173/18698
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.