Launch into Cruel Seas with the ML 303 Motor Launch. Supplement your Royal Navy flotillas with this powerful addition to your fleets.
Contains 2 resin & metal ships – supplied unassembled and unpainted
By far the largest of Royal Navy flotilla vessels were the ML (motor launches), used for a multitude of purposes including harbour defence, anti-submarine work, convoy escorts, minesweeping and air-sea rescue. Crewed by 16 souls, they weighed 85 tonnes and were 112 feet long. Their 1200hp engines could take them to a speed of around 20 knots.
Hampton, J A (Lt) Royal Navy official photographer – Imperial War Museum Collections Search A 23877
Caption: “With the motor launch ML 303 in the foreground, a large number of landing craft approach the beaches during the invasion of Normandy on D-Day. Several other large ships can be seen in the distance.”
ML303 – Built by Jas Miller (St. Monance,. Scotland, U.K.) , Commissioned 14 Oct 1941
The Fairmile B ML 303 Gunboat comes in packs of two (plus data cards) to boost your Royal Navy coastal forces.
Contains 2 resin & metal ships – supplied unassembled and unpainted
Tom Mecredy