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Illustration James Dorrian 2015 |
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ML 443 as modified for 'CHARIOT' with a single 20mm Oerlikon cannon mounted forward and aft. The number 13 applied for the raid only. Depth-charges were not to be carried, and the dinghy normally stored on deck amidships was removed. Lighter anti-aircraft defences varied from boat to boat, but included post-mounted Lewis-guns amidships and Vickers Gas-Operated machine-guns mounted on the bridge-wings. The deck-mounted fuel tanks occupied most of the space either side of the superstructure, and were negotiated via steps at either end. |
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DESIGNER - The Fairmile Marine Company LENGTH - 112' DISPLACEMENT - 67-80 tons DRAUGHT - 4' 10" forward: 5' 1/2" aft POWER - Two Hall-Scott 600 hp 12-cylinder 'Defender' engines, petrol fuelled SPEED - 16 kts continuous, 21 kts maximum RANGE - 1,500 nautical miles at 12 kts FUEL CAPACITY - 2,305 gallons (internal) STEERING - Lockheed hydraulic HULL and FRAME CONSTRUCTION - Wood |
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28th ML Flotilla ML 298 ML 306 ML 307 ML 341* ML 443 ML 446 ML 447 ML 457 * (turned back) |
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20th ML Flotilla ML 192 ML 262 ML 267 ML 268 7th ML Flotilla ML 156 ML 160 ML 177 ML 270 |
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The Fairmile 'B-Type' Motor Launch overview
ML 443 photographed during the Raid. Captained by Lieutenant K.M. Horlock, and carrying demolition teams destined for the Power-Station target group, she was one of only three attacking boats to return, successfully reaching Falmouth in company with Lieutenant Tom Boyd's ML 160 and Lieutenant Norman Wallis' ML 307: the 443 later served in the Mediterranean, and was present at the surrender of the Italian Fleet, in 1943.