HMS ML 206 (ML 206) of the Royal Navy - British Motor Launch of the Fairmile B class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net
Allied Warships
Motor Launch of the Fairmile B class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Motor Launch |
| Class | Fairmile B |
| Pennant | ML 206 |
| Built by | Aldous Successors Ltd. (Brightlingsea, England, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 8 Jan 1940 |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | |
| Commissioned | 5 Mar 1941 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold in October 1946 |
Commands listed for HMS ML 206 (ML 206)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Harry Leslie, DSC, RNVR | 27 Dec 1942 | 27 Aug 1944 |
| 2 | R.M. Messenger, RNZNVR | 27 Aug 1944 | Oct 1945 |
Notable events involving ML 206 include:
5 Aug 1943
HMS Wellington (Cdr. G.A. Thring, DSO, RN), HMS Folkestone (Cdr.(Retd.) J.G.C. Gibson, OBE, RN), HMS Lowestoft (A/Cdr.(Retd.) L.H. Phillips, RN), HMS Bridgewater (Cdr.(Retd.) N.W.H. Weekes, OBE, RN), HMS Gorleston (Cdr.(Retd.) R.W. Keymer, RN), HMS Exe (A/Cdr. M.A.O. Biddulph, DSC, RN) conducted night encounter exercises off Freetown with HMML 206 (T/A/Lt.Cdr. H. Leslie, DSC, RNVR) and HMML 305 (T/Lt. N.I. Chester, RNVR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 199/635
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.