Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Motor Launch |
Class | Fairmile B |
Pennant | ML 259 |
Built by | Leo Robinson (Tewkesbury, England, U.K.) |
Ordered | 21 May 1940 |
Laid down | |
Launched | |
Commissioned | 3 Jul 1941 |
End service | |
History | Sold in July 1946 |
Commands listed for HMS ML 259 (ML 259)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | H.W.E. Johnson, RNVR | 10 Jul 1942 | 24 Aug 1944 |
2 | I.D.B. Newsam, RNVR | 24 Aug 1944 | late 1945 |
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Notable events involving ML 259 include:
23 Sep 1942
HMS P 51 (Lt. M.L.C. Crawford, DSC, RN) resumed her passage to Gibraltar. She was escorted out of Falmouth by HMS ML 186 and HMS ML 259. (1)
Sources
- ADM 199/1824
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.