Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Motor Launch |
Class | Fairmile B |
Pennant | ML 234 |
Built by | A. M. Dickie & Sons (Tarbert, Scotland, U.K.) |
Ordered | 8 Jan 1940 |
Laid down | |
Launched | |
Commissioned | 15 Sep 1941 |
End service | |
History | For disposal in October 1945 |
Commands listed for HMS ML 234 (ML 234)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | W.H.F. Mayo, RNVR | 8 Sep 1941 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving ML 234 include:
30 Jun 1943
HMS Proteus (Lt. A.R. Profit, DSC, RN) shifted from Rothesay to Larne escorted by HMS ML 234 (T/Lt. W.F.H. Mayo, RNVR). (1)
4 Jul 1943
HMS Upstart (Lt. P.C. Chapman, DSC and Bar, RN) shifted from Larne to Holy Loch. She was escorted by HMS ML 234 (T/Lt. W.F.H. Mayo, RNVR). (2)
2 Aug 1944
HMS Vulpine (T/Lt. P.S. Thirsk, DSC, RNR) shifted from Larne to Holy Loch. She was escorted by HMS ML 234 (T/Lt. W.F.H. Mayo, RNVR). (3)
29 Dec 1944
HMS Taciturn (Lt.Cdr. E.T. Stanley, DSO, DSC, RN) proceeded from Larne to Holy Loch. She was escorted by HMS ML 234 (T/Lt. W.F.H. Mayo, RNVR). (4)
Sources
- ADM 173/17890
- ADM 173/18375
- ADM 173/19457
- ADM 173/18918
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.