Allied Warships

HMS ML 215 (ML 215)

Motor Launch of the Fairmile B class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMotor Launch
ClassFairmile B 
PennantML 215 
Built byCardnell Brothers (Maylandsea, England, U.K.) 
Ordered8 Jan 1940 
Laid down 
Launched 
Commissioned7 May 1941 
End service 
History

Sold in 1947

 

Commands listed for HMS ML 215 (ML 215)

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CommanderFromTo
1Alfred Michael Summerson Aird, RNVR24 Sep 1941ca.late 44

2W.S. Slate, RNVR26 Mar 1945

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Notable events involving ML 215 include:


19 Feb 1944
HMS H 50 (T/Lt. A.F. Wicker, RNVR) departed Sheerness for Portsmouth. She was escorted by FFS Chasseur 10 until 1600 hours when HMS ML 215 (T/Lt. A.M.S. Aird, RNVR) took over. (1)

Sources

  1. ADM 173/18525

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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