Coastal Forces was a division of the Royal Navy established during World War II. It consisted of small coastal defence craft such as motor launches, submarine chasers, air-sea rescue launches, motor g
A painting by official war artist Able Seaman Rex Julius depicting the upper deck of a Fairmile launch in 1944
Fairmile B motor launch
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The Fairmile B motor launch was a very numerous class of motor launch produced in kit form by British boatbuilder Fairmile Marine, and then assembled and fitted out by numerous boatyards during the Se
Coastal Forces of the Royal Australian Navy
…Australian Navy (RAN). Units and craft It included the following types of coastal defence craft: Type Built Lost Notes Harbour defence motor launch Fairmile B motor launch 31 35 2 31 harbour defence motor launches (HDMLs) and 35 Fairmile B motor launches entered service from October 1942. They were employed on routine…
The Canadian Fairmile B motor launch ML-Q056 in 1941
HMC ML Q055 1941. Large black flag indicates ASDIC contact.
British ML303 during the invasion of Normandy on D-Day
HMC ML Q055 1941