ML 135
Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 8:07 pm
Class Fairmile B; Pennant ML 135; Built by Dorset Yacht, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset UK. Ordered 8 Jan 1940. Completed 10 Oct 1940. Displacement: 85 tons; Dimensions: 112 x 18.25 x 11.25; Machinery: 2 Shafts; Hall Scott 12 cyl petrol engines; BHP 1200 = 20 Knots; Bunkers: Petrol 2300 gallons + 2700 gallons (deck tanks). Armament: 1 x 3pdr; 2 x .303 AA machine (2 x 1) guns; Complement: 16 To the South African Navy in 1945. Sold at Malta November 1946.
Sources: British and Empire Warships of WW2 by HT Lenton. http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14295.html.
Information Mr P Crichton.
Sources: British and Empire Warships of WW2 by HT Lenton. http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14295.html.
Information Mr P Crichton.