Allied Warships

HMS ML 305 (ML 305)

Motor Launch of the Fairmile B class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMotor Launch
ClassFairmile B 
PennantML 305 
Built byJohnson & Jago (Leigh on Sea, England, U.K.) 
Ordered21 May 1940 
Laid down 
Launched 
CommissionedSep 1941 
End service 
History

Sold in January 1946

 

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Notable events involving ML 305 include:


5 Aug 1943
HMS Wellington (Cdr. G.A. Thring, DSO, RN), HMS Folkestone (Cdr.(Retd.) J.G.C. Gibson, OBE, RN), HMS Lowestoft (A/Cdr.(Retd.) L.H. Phillips, RN), HMS Bridgewater (Cdr.(Retd.) N.W.H. Weekes, OBE, RN), HMS Gorleston (Cdr.(Retd.) R.W. Keymer, RN), HMS Exe (A/Cdr. M.A.O. Biddulph, DSC, RN) conducted night encounter exercises off Freetown with HMML 206 (T/A/Lt.Cdr. H. Leslie, DSC, RNVR) and HMML 305 (T/Lt. N.I. Chester, RNVR). (1)

Sources

  1. ADM 199/635

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


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