| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Motor Launch |
| Class | Fairmile B |
| Pennant | ML 171 |
| Built by | Tough Bros. Ltd. (Teddington, England, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 8 Jan 1940 |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | |
| Commissioned | 21 Oct 1940 |
| End service | |
| History | For disposal in May 1947 |
Commands listed for HMS ML 171 (ML 171)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | T/Lt. Charles James Jerram, RNVR | 1941 ? | ||
| 2 | W H Drabble, RNVR | 12 Jun 1943 | 3 May 1944 | |
| 3 | R.C. Staddon, RNVR | 3 May 1944 | mid 1945 | |
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Notable events involving ML 171 include:
19 Mar 1945
HMS Vulpine (T/Lt. P.S. Thirsk, DSC, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMS ML 472 (T/Lt. V.H. Harris, RNVR), HMS ML 119 (T/Lt. P. Johnstone, RNVR) and HMS ML 171 (T/Lt. R.C. Staddon, RNVR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/20362
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.