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clear and provided considerable lift to prevent all but the heaviest seas from coming aboard. Although seaworthy, the boat had a considerable tendency to roll, especially when taking seas at anything other than directly ahead or astern. The cause was the round bilge midship section and a considerable
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Settings for the engine governor controls were "slow" 250 RPM, "half" 600 RPM, "full" 800 RPM and "emergency full" 900 RPM, and those settings were possible with the gearboxes in ahead or astern. The vessel's telegraphs indicated the required settings for all levers at any one
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of 62 °C (144 °F), a bypass valve was incorporated in the cooling circuit. This allowed varying amounts of the coolant to be diverted back to the feed side of the pump, thus raising the water temperature before circulating it around the engine. This in turn resulted in a higher overall
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was located on the main deck. It contained the chart table, a casual berth and a second steering position. On the forward bulkhead a navigational switchboard was fitted, which included a duplicate set of engine revolution indicators, switches for the navigation lights,
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and roomy accommodation. Such was the superior design and build of these craft, that a number still survive today in their civilian role. Others continued in government service before finding their way onto the civilian market at the end of their working lives.
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aft, although it suffered from being situated above the propeller shafts and therefore subject to noise and vibration. The wardroom also contained the ship's safe, a dining table and seating, a wine and spirit locker, a small coal stove and a tiny footbath.
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8L3s engine's RPM settings and the direction of drive to the propellers via reversing gearboxes. A governor (speed control) control lever was used to adjust the engine revolutions, and a gearbox lever was used with positions for ahead, neutral and reverse.
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HDML ML1348 was saved from the scrap heap in 2016 by a private owner. Scott Perry spent 18 months rebuilding her, and has since (as of 2020) done just over 2,500 nm in her. Being rebuilt to museum condition is an ongoing exercise as HDML
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on the aft decks. The 2-pounders were not particularly accurate, possibly because of the boats' tendency to roll and many were replaced by another 20 mm
Oerlikon HA/LA gun. Some Australian HDMLs also carried 0.5-inch (12.7mm)
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The main steering position was on the open bridge where the two engine room telegraphs were fitted. There were also voice pipes connected to the inside steering position, the engine room, the radio room and the wardroom.
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reserve of stability, the effect of which was to impart a powerful righting moment if the boat was pushed over in a seaway. This, coupled with the lack of bilge keels, would set up a rapid and violent rolling.
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HDML ML1321 survived as a dive/tour boat. In 2016 a trust was established to purchase and restore 1321 to her wartime configuration, as it is the first
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in 1962), was the last in Royal Naval service, operating as an hydrographic survey vessel until
November 1965 and subsequently preserved by the Medusa Trust. The last Royal Australian Navy HDML.
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riveted inside the timbers together with further timbers, known as "web frames". They were fastened inside the stringers opposite every third main timber. HDMLs were fitted with a deeper section
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being in a cabin on the port side just aft of the engine room with their own separate toilet and hand wash basin. A small "Courtier" coal-fired stove provided heating.
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and for fisheries patrols and training. ML1387 (renamed
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on the side decks) clear of the hull and propellers.
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2017:., p. 202. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1949
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2282:HM HDML 1001 her Royal Navy and subsequent career
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2013:Francis E. McMurtrie and Raymond V.B. Blackman,
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2258:The history of The Royal Naval Patrol Service
2148:"Name Sarinda | National Historic Ships"
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2236:(in Dutch). Amsterdam: De Bataafsche Leeuw.
1955:. Sterling Publishing Company. p. 525.
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1953:The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II
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2287:Personal account of life aboard HDML 1383
317:The HDML was designed by W J Holt at the
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197:General characteristics
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1940:on 21 December 2013
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1618:Royal Hellenic Navy
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1182:Everett, Washington
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683:Mediterranean Fleet
649:Glimmer and Taxable
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1748:Myanmar Navy
1737:Burmese Navy
1606:Turkish Navy
1555:(for use in
1444:Turkish Navy
1371:World War II
1306:South Africa
1229:, California
1204:Hiltebrant,
1090:Morgan Giles
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2093:"HDML 1301"
1570:Indian Navy
1541:French Navy
1188:Long Island
1127:Thornycroft
1028:Bute Slip,
900:museum ship
769:French Navy
753:Philippines
610:M2 Browning
530:Engine room
506:The boat's
339:round bilge
154:ML 1322, a
32:patrol boat
2464:Categories
2182:References
2103:29 January
2067:"hdmlmeda"
1987:0207129274
1962:1586637622
1930:"SDB 1323"
1505:Royal Navy
1384:Royal Navy
1347:Alexandria
1250:Truscott,
1110:Tewkesbury
1108:Robinson,
1094:Teignmouth
1063:Lady Bee,
1057:Hillyard,
1018:Whitstable
955:E.A.Jack,
812:Distratron
751:, and the
664:New Guinea
508:radio room
481:coal-fired
461:Lend-Lease
457:Royal Navy
270:Complement
242:Propulsion
93:newspapers
2432:Gun boats
2198:Vol.1 by
1901:Citations
1360:Singapore
1288:Scindia,
1244:Thorsen,
1227:Sausalito
1079:McClean,
1069:McGruer,
1065:Isleworth
1030:Clydeside
1012:Lowestoft
981:Lymington
957:Trevallyn
944:Australia
893:HMS
883:Survivors
836:Klissoura
734:HMS
699:Caribbean
687:Gibraltar
597:Lewis gun
515:chartroom
429:into six
427:bulkheads
389:stringers
319:Admiralty
291:Vickers K
181:Completed
158:HDML, in
2268:Archived
2209:Archived
2132:12 April
2000:Conboy,
1833:See also
1492:Military
1345:Pehara,
1294:Walker,
1272:Calcutta
1174:Elscot,
1085:Scotland
1075:Scotland
1038:Elkins,
1034:Scotland
1022:Bolson,
991:G Bunn,
987:Bideford
934:Builders
842:Portaria
830:Kastraki
773:Cameroon
749:Cambodia
716:Post-war
575:Armament
500:wardroom
412:softwood
404:mahogany
358:bow wave
282:Armament
160:Brisbane
1487:Postwar
1338:Rangoon
1332:Karachi
1326:Mombasa
1296:Colombo
1168:Edgar,
1162:Dodge,
1100:Wootton
1081:Renfrew
1071:Clynder
1049:Belfast
993:Wroxham
925:Kuparu.
870:Mastgat
818:Farsala
761:customs
710:ratings
626:Padstow
616:Service
544:Gardner
477:ratings
385:gunwale
366:rudders
354:draught
289:, twin
247:Gardner
226:Draught
162:in 1944
107:scholar
2340:Forces
2240:
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1319:Others
1300:Ceylon
1290:Bombay
1266:Bombay
895:Medusa
864:Keeten
855:Keeten
806:Davila
800:Bizani
781:yachts
745:Greece
736:Medusa
691:convoy
601:bridge
551:time.
381:calico
341:heavy
312:Allied
210:Length
189:Active
109:
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2077:1 May
1881:Notes
1876:Notes
1557:Macau
1366:Users
1351:Egypt
1259:India
1024:Poole
1002:Poole
915:Wewak
876:Zijpe
857:class
824:Karia
668:Timor
630:Malta
583:, an
408:larch
397:racks
262:Range
254:Speed
114:JSTOR
100:books
2238:ISBN
2223:ISBN
2134:2021
2105:2018
2079:2011
1982:ISBN
1957:ISBN
1116:Kent
775:and
666:and
513:The
494:The
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350:beam
346:hull
308:HDML
302:The
218:Beam
173:Name
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