Allied Warships

HMS ML 263 (ML 263)

Motor Launch of the Fairmile B class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMotor Launch
ClassFairmile B 
PennantML 263 
Built byP. K. Harris & Sons Ltd. (Appledore, England, U.K.) 
Ordered21 May 1940 
Laid down 
Launched 
Commissioned10 Jun 1941 
End service 
History

For disposal in November 1945

 

Commands listed for HMS ML 263 (ML 263)

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CommanderFromTo
1W S Anderson, RNVR19 Feb 194321 Apr 1944
2J.D. Todd, RNVR21 Apr 194430 Sep 1944
3C.R. Yates, RNVR30 Sep 194426 Nov 1944
4L.S.A. Jones, RNVR26 Nov 1944mid 1945

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Notable events involving ML 263 include:


18 Jun 1943
Argo conducted A/S exercises off Freetown with HMML 261, HMML 263, HMHDML 1076 and HMHDML 1209. (1)

Sources

  1. ADM 199/635

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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