| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Motor Launch |
| Class | Fairmile B |
| Pennant | ML 261 |
| Built by | Boat Construction Co. Ltd. (Falmouth, England, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 21 May 1940 |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | |
| Commissioned | 11 Jun 1941 |
| End service | |
| History | For disposal in November 1945 |
Commands listed for HMS ML 261 (ML 261)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Leslie Vernon Banks, RNVR | 5 Sep 1942 | mid 1943 |
| 2 | J.B. Lockett, SANF(V) | mid 1943 | 29 Mar 1944 |
| 3 | G.D. Elliot, SANF(V) | 29 Mar 1944 | mid 1944 |
| 4 | J.E.S. Glover, RNVR | mid 1944 | 3 Sep 1944 |
| 5 | J.C. Clark, RNVR | 3 Sep 1944 | 19 Dec 1944 |
| 6 | R M Barron, RNVR | 19 Dec 1944 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving ML 261 include:
18 Jun 1943
Argo conducted A/S exercises off Freetown with HMML 261, HMML 263, HMHDML 1076 and HMHDML 1209. (1)
6 Jul 1943
Argo conducted A/S exercises off Freetown with HMML 261, HMML 278 and HMML 290. (1)
Sources
- ADM 199/635
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.