Allied Warships

HMS ML 302 (ML 302)

Motor Launch of the Fairmile B class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMotor Launch
ClassFairmile B 
PennantML 302 
Built byWilliam King Ltd. (Burnham-on-Crouch, England, U.K.) 
Ordered21 May 1940 
Laid down 
Launched 
Commissioned6 Sep 1941 
End service16 Aug 1944 
History

To France on 16 August 1944

 

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Notable events involving ML 302 include:


3 Feb 1942
Around 1300A/3, HMS Formidable (Capt. A.W.LaT. Bisset, RN) departed Belfast for Lamlash where she arrived around 1745A/4. En-route flying exercises were carried out in the Clyde area. On departure from Belfast she was escorted by HMS Sherwood (Lt.Cdr. S.W.F. Bennetts, RN).

Around 1430A/4, HMS Sherwood was relieved by the motor launches HMS ML 302 and ML 338. (1)

23 Nov 1942
HMS P 614 (Lt. H.W. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Freetown together with HMS Southern Pride (T/Lt. F.A. Darrah, RNVR) and HMS ML 302 (T.Lt. I.L. Fawcett, RNVR). (2)

Sources

  1. ADM 53/115924 + ADM 199/2236
  2. ADM 173/17528

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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