Allied Warships

HMS ML 870 (ML 870)

Motor Launch of the Fairmile B class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMotor Launch
ClassFairmile B 
PennantML 870 
Built byAnglo-American Nile Tourist Company (Cairo, Egypt) 
Ordered22 Dec 1942 
Laid down 
Launched 
Commissioned2 Aug 1944 
Lost15 Oct 1944 
History

Mined and sunk off Piraeus, Greece on 15 October 1944

 

Commands listed for HMS ML 870 (ML 870)

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1Joseph William John Cahill, RNVR2 Aug 194415 Oct 1944 (+)

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