Navy | The Royal Australian Navy |
Type | Motor Launch |
Class | Fairmile B |
Pennant | ML 815 |
Built by | Norman Wright (Sydney, Australia) |
Ordered | 19 May 1942 |
Laid down | |
Launched | |
Commissioned | 11 Jan 1943 |
End service | |
History | Sold in 1949 |
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Notable events involving ML 815 include:
18 Aug 1943
USS Billfish (Cdr. F.C. Lucas, Jr., USN) arried at Port Darwin. She was escorted in by HMAS ML 815 (T/Lt. C.A.J. Inman, RANVR).
19 May 1944
USS Crevalle (Cdr. F.D. Walker, Jr., USN) arrived at Darwin, Australia where her passengers were disembarked. Upon arrival she was escorted in by HMAS ML 815 (T/Lt. F.J. Horsfield, RANVR). She also underwent some minor repairs before departing for Fremantle the following day.
5 Jul 1945
Around 1800H/5, HMS Taurus (A/Lt.Cdr. P.E. Newstead, DSC, RN) arrived at Fremantle from Trincomalee. She was escorted in by HMAS ML 815 (Lt. S.J. Davis, RANVR) which had joined around 1600H/5.
HMS Taurus arrived at Fremantle with some engine defects for which she was taken in hand. (1)
20 Jul 1945
Around 2315A/20, HrMs O 24 (Lt.Cdr. P.J.S. de Jong, RNN) ended her 24th war patrol (12th in the Far East and 2nd for this deployment) at Fremantle.
She was escorted in by HMAS ML 815 (Lt. S.J. Davis, RANVR) which had joined 2125A/20. (2)
Sources
- ADM 173/19866
- ADM 199/1879
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.