Allied Warships

HMS ML 285 (ML 285)

Motor Launch of the Fairmile B class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMotor Launch
ClassFairmile B 
PennantML 285 
Built bySolent Shipyards Ltd. (Sarisbury Green, England, U.K.) 
Ordered21 May 1940 
Laid down 
Launched 
Commissioned18 Sep 1941 
End service 
History

For disposal in November 1945

 

Commands listed for HMS ML 285 (ML 285)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. Michael Reynolds Hole, DSC, RNVR20 Aug 1941Sep 1943
2T/Lt. Donald Herbert Claydon, RNVRSep 194317 Apr 1944
3T/S.Lt. Allan Charles Fountain, RNVR17 Apr 194411 Dec 1944
4T/Lt. William Arthur Dewdney, RNVR11 Dec 1944Apr 1945
5T/Lt. Reginald George Andrews, RNVRApr 1945late 1945

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