Motor Launch was the designation for a type of vessel used in World War I and World War II by the Royal Navy and some other navies [citation needed] for inshore work defending harbours (Harbour defence motor launch) and defending the coast from submarines.

A motor launch (ML) is a small military vessel in Royal Navy service. It was designed for harbour defence and submarine chasing. Similar vessels were used by the Royal Air Force for armed high-speed air-sea rescue. Some vessels for water police service are also known as …

The harbour defence motor launch (HDML) was a 72 ft (22 m) long British-designed motor vessel used for harbour defence during World War II. Nearly 500 were built by numerous Allied countries during the war.

The term “motor launch” generally refers to any large, motor-powered open vessel, commonly used for routine passenger transportation, such as a water taxi. In military terms, a motor launch is the largest of the boats carried by a warship, used both for routine patrol and rescue work in the vicinity of the ship, and also for transporting ...

The meaning of MOTOR LAUNCH is a launch propelled by an internal-combustion engine.

ML.229, motor launch, US Elco-built; sold in a damaged condition, not known when, where and how damaged (Cn/D) BUT (source?? - ML.229, one of 11 British ML’s on the Rhine. Almost destroyed by petrol explosion and fire in 1919. Probably not repaired)

2017年10月11日 · All Motor Launch classes. The list is divided by navy, then ordered by commissioned date of each class (oldest first).

The Motor Launch Patrol included 550 motor launches manned by officers and men of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. In the successful raids on Ostend and Zeebrugge the dramatic exploits of the MLs gained for these small craft a permanent place in naval history.

2022年10月31日 · The harbour defence motor launch (HDML) was a 72 ft (22 m) long British-designed motor vessel used for harbour defence during World War II. Nearly 500 were built by numerous Allied countries during the war. The HDML was designed by …

This site presents information about the Elco-built Motor Launch drawn from books, the web, family photo albums and personal correspondence—all compiled over the course of more than a decade.