Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Motor Launch |
Class | Fairmile B |
Pennant | ML 119 |
Built by | Alex Robertson & Sons Ltd. (Sandbank, Scotland, U.K.) |
Ordered | 22 Sep 1939 |
Laid down | |
Launched | |
Commissioned | 12 Sep 1940 |
End service | |
History | To the South African Navy in 1945 |
Commands listed for HMS ML 119 (ML 119)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | O S Boome, RNVR | 9 Jul 1943 | 24 Nov 1943 |
2 | William Reynolds Albertini, RNVR | 24 Nov 1943 | 27 Mar 1944 |
3 | P Johnstone, RNVR | 27 Mar 1944 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving ML 119 include:
19 Mar 1945
HMS Vulpine (T/Lt. P.S. Thirsk, DSC, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMS ML 472 (T/Lt. V.H. Harris, RNVR), HMS ML 119 (T/Lt. P. Johnstone, RNVR) and HMS ML 171 (T/Lt. R.C. Staddon, RNVR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/20362
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.