ML 221
FAIRMILE “B” CLASS MOTOR LAUNCH.
Tender to HMS St Tudno.
Built by: William King, Burnhan on Crouch, England.
Commissioned: 24 Feb 1941
Displacement: 73 Tons.
Length: 112 Feet.
Width: 18.25 Feet.
Draught: 3.75 to 4.75 feet.
Engine: 2 shaft, Hall-Scott petrol motors. B.H.P. 1,200.
Speed: 20/17 Knots.
Complement: 16 Officers and men.
Armament: One, 3 pounder gun.
Two, 303 in (2x1 ) M G's
ML 221, tender to HMS St Tudno at the Scheldt while it was being swept.
Left to right: Captain H G Hopper, RN, Captain Minesweeper; Lieut R N Lowes, RNVR, Commanding Officer of the Motor Launch; Lieut Cdr J Green, DSC, and the Dutch Pilot.
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Watch these short videos about the Wildfire III Minesweepers.
Minesweepers: https://youtu.be/aTsYiZFzv5M
D-day minesweepers: https://youtu.be/ZjlA5LxCAsg
Clearing the Scheldt: https://youtu.be/8ELsc9T3Lbw
The Relief of Holland: https://youtu.be/GghYEFHmOfY
Motor Launch ML221 served as tender to HMS St Tudno, Captain of Minesweepers H.G. Hopper at the Clearing of the Scheldt and the Relief of Holland.