Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Motor Launch |
Class | Fairmile B |
Pennant | ML 239 |
Built by | Solent Shipyards Ltd. (Sarisbury Green, England, U.K.) |
Ordered | 8 Jan 1940 |
Laid down | |
Launched | |
Commissioned | 22 May 1941 |
End service | |
History | For disposal in October 1945 |
Commands listed for HMS ML 239 (ML 239)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | O.H.W. Richards, RNVR | 16 Aug 1942 | 18 Feb 1945 |
2 | N.R. Weeker, RNVR | 18 Feb 1945 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving ML 239 include:
9 Jul 1943
HMS Untiring (Lt. R. Boyd, DSC, RN) shifted from Holy Loch to Larne. She was escorted by HMS ML 239 (T/Lt. O.H.W. Richards, RNVR). (1)
21 Jul 1943
HMS Tantalus (Lt.Cdr. H.S. Mackenzie, DSO and Bar, RN) shifted from Holy Loch to Larne. She was escorted by HMS ML 239 (T/Lt. O.H.W. Richards, RNVR). (2)
26 Mar 1944
HMS Trenchant (Lt.Cdr. A.R. Hezlet, DSC, RN) shifted from the Campbeltown area to Larne escorted by HMS ML 239 (T/Lt. O.H.W. Richards, RNVR). (3)
27 Jun 1944
HMS Upshot (Lt. H.W. Wilkinson, RN) shifted from Campbeltown to Larne. She was escorted by HMS ML 239 (T/Lt. O.H.W. Richards, RNVR). (4)
Sources
- ADM 173/18436
- ADM 173/18191
- ADM 173/19057
- ADM 173/19296
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.