Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Motor Launch |
Class | Fairmile B |
Pennant | ML 189 |
Built by | Dorset Yacht Co. Ltd. (Hamworthy, England, U.K.) |
Ordered | 8 Jan 1940 |
Laid down | |
Launched | |
Commissioned | 4 Feb 1941 |
End service | |
History | Sold on 11 June 1947 |
Commands listed for HMS ML 189 (ML 189)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | B.H. Lloyd, RNVR | 13 Jan 1943 | Sep 1943 |
2 | W.J. Court, RNVR | Sep 1943 | late 1945 |
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Notable events involving ML 189 include:
1 May 1944
HMS Seraph (Lt. T. Russell-Walling, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Plymouth with HMS ML 186 (T/Lt. F.O.S. Man, RNVR), HMS ML 189 (T/Lt. W.J. Court, RNVR), HMS ML 181 (T/Lt. H.T. Kemsley, RNVR) and HMS ML 481 (T/Lt. W.A.N. Fell-Smith, TRNVR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/18698
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.