HMAS ML 827

HMAS ML 827 was a Fairmile B Motor Launch of the Royal Australian Navy.[1]

History
Australia
Ordered: 19 May 1942
Builder: Norman Wright, Sydney
Commissioned: 19 April 1944
Fate: Sank in November 1944
General characteristics
Class and type: Fairmile B class motor launch
Displacement: 85 tons
Length: 112 ft (34 m)
Beam: 18 ft 3 in (5.56 m)
Draught: 4 ft 9 in (1.45 m)
Propulsion: Twin petrol engines totaling 1,200 bhp
Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range: 1,500 mi (1,300 nmi; 2,400 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement: 16
Sensors and
processing systems:		 ASDIC
Armament:

1 × 3-lb Mk I gun 1 × twin 0.303-in Machineguns

12 depth charges
Armour: Wheelhouse plated

Fate

While on patrol ML 827 went aground in Jacquinot Bay, New Britain on 17 November 1944. She capsized and sank while under tow on 20 November 1944 off Cape Kawai, New Britain.

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References
  1. "Australian Fairmile Bs". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011.

Further reading
  • Evans, Peter (2002) Fairmile Ships of the Royal Australian Navy. Vol 1. ISBN 978-1-876439-86-6
  • Evans, Peter (2002) Fairmile Ships of the Royal Australian Navy. Vol 2. ISBN 1-876439-29-7
  • Stevens, D (2005) The Royal Australian Navy in World War II. (2nd edition) ISBN 1-74114-184-2


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