Harbor Defense Motor Launches HDML

Harbor Defense Motor Launches (HDML)

The HDML was a 72-foot, 54-ton, 12-knot, wooden launch, developed in Britain. In total, 486 were built in boatyards in a remarkable range of countries. U.S. yards built 70, as tabulated below, all for export under the Lend-Lease program, for Britain, Australia and New Zealand. Most were returned after the war and re-transferred to other countries, but quite a few were sold for private use: if anyone has any information on what ultimately happened to these boats, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 11 January 2017.

Original Number	Boatbuilder	Location	Built for	Del'y.	Disposition
Q 1171	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	11-Dec-42	Returned 1947
Q 1172	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	16-Dec-42	Returned 1947
Q 1173	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	7-Jan-43	Returned 1947
Q 1174	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	16-Jan-43	Returned 1947
Q 1175	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	12-Feb-43	Returned 1947
Q 1176	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	12-Feb-43	Returned 1947
Q 1177	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	12-Feb-43	Returned 1947
Q 1178	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	12-Feb-43	Returned 1947
Q 1179	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	4-Mar-43	Destroyed by hurricane in Jamaica 21-Aug-44
Q 1180	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	4-Mar-43	Returned 1947
Q 1181	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	23-Mar-43	Returned 1947
Q 1182	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	23-Mar-43	Returned 1947
Q 1183	Madden, Lewis	Sausalito CA	RNZN	6-Mar-43	Later Cook 1948, Maori (P-3551) 1949, to FPS as Mako 1956, sold 1976
Q 1184	Madden, Lewis	Sausalito CA	RNZN	9-Mar-43	Later Philomel 1948, P-3552 1950, to FPS as Paea 1954, sold 1985
Q 1185	Madden, Lewis	Sausalito CA	RNZN	6-Apr-43	To RNZA as Bombardier 1946, to RNZN as Manga (P-3567) 1959, sold 1981, abandoned
Q 1186	Madden, Lewis	Sausalito CA	RNZN	22-Apr-43	Sold 1947
Q 1187	Everett-Pacific SB	Everett WA	RNZN	13-May-43	To RNZCG 1946, to RNZN as P-3566 1951, later Maori 1955, Mako 1979, sold 1984 as Tarapunga, burnt 2014
Q 1188	Everett-Pacific SB	Everett WA	RNZN	13-May-43	Later P-3556 1950, later Philomel 1955, Takupu 1955, Kahawai 1979, sold 1984
Q 1189	Everett-Pacific SB	Everett WA	RNZN	13-May-43	Sold 1946 as Alert
Q 1190	Everett-Pacific SB	Everett WA	RNZN	21-Jun-43	Later P-3562 1950, later Olphert 1956, Parore 1967
Q 1191	Grays Harbor SB	Aberdeen WA	RNZN	28-Sep-43	Later Tarnaki (P-3553) 1950, to FPS as Kahawai 1966, sold 1982, burnt 1997
Q 1192	Grays Harbor SB	Aberdeen WA	RNZN	28-Sep-43	Later Irirangi (P-3554) 1950, Maroro 1964, sold 1972, wrecked 1982 in Fiji
Q 1193	Grays Harbor SB	Aberdeen WA	RNZN	28-Sep-43	Later P-3555 1950, Viti 1955, Ngapona 1959, Tamure 1967, sold 1973
Q 1194	Grays Harbor SB	Aberdeen WA	RNZN	28-Sep-43	Later Ngapona 1948, P-3561 1950, stranded and broken up 1957
Q 1205	Truscott Boat	St. Joseph MI	RN	1944	To Burma 1946
Q 1206	Truscott Boat	St. Joseph MI	RN	1945	To Burma 1946
Q 1207	Truscott Boat	St. Joseph MI	RN		Cancelled
Q 1208	Truscott Boat	St. Joseph MI	RN		Cancelled
Q 1338	Leek & Sons	Leektown NJ	RAN	31-May-42	Sold 1949
Q 1339	Leek & Sons	Leektown NJ	RAN	15-Jun-44	Sold 1946
Q 1340	Sussex Thorsen	Ellsworth ME	RAN	1-Sep-45	Sold 1949
Q 1341	Sussex Thorsen	Ellsworth ME	RAN	12-May-45	Sold 1949
Q 1342	Sussex Thorsen	Ellsworth ME	RAN	6-Jan-45	Sold 1949
Q 1343	Sussex Thorsen	Ellsworth ME	RAN	31-Dec-44	Sold 1949
Q 1344	Truscott Boat	St. Joseph MI	RN	Sep-45	Sold 1949
Q 1345	Truscott Boat	St. Joseph MI	RN	May-45	Sold 1949
Q 1346	Truscott Boat	St. Joseph MI	RN	6-Jan-45	Sold 1949
Q 1347	Truscott Boat	St. Joseph MI	RN	31-Dec-44	Sold 1949
Q 1348	Ackerman BW	Newport Beach FL	RNZN	4-Mar-44	Later P-3563 1950, Pegasus 1956, Kuparu 1967, Toroa 1968, sold as Haku 2002
Q 1349	Ackerman BW	Newport Beach FL	RNZN	4-Mar-44	Later P-3565 1950, Wakefield 1956, Haku 1964, sold 19?? as Black Watch
Q 1350	Ackerman BW	Newport Beach FL	RNZN	27-Mar-44	Later P-3564 1950, Toroa 1950, Koura 1967, to Paeroa 1984 for museum
Q 1351	Ackerman BW	Newport Beach FL	RNZN	15-Mar-44	Sold 1947, Aotearoa 1951, Pakatoa 1965
Q 1352	Freeport SY	Freeport NY	RAN	12-May-44	Sold 1949
Q 1353	Freeport SY	Freeport NY	RAN	18-Oct-44	Sold 1949
Q 1354	Freeport SY	Freeport NY	RAN	11-Dec-44	Sold 1949
Q 1355	Freeport SY	Freeport NY	RAN	11-Dec-44	Sold 1949
Q 1356	Elscot BW	City Island NY	RAN	20-Dec-44	Sold 1949
Q 1357	Elscot BW	City Island NY	RAN	4-Nov-44	Sold 1949
Q 1358	Elscot BW	City Island NY	RAN	21-Oct-44	Sold 1949
Q 1359	Elscot BW	City Island NY	RAN	22-Sep-44	Sold 1949
Q 1360	John & Assoc.	Rye NY	RN	25-Oct-43	Later FDB 28, returned 1947
Q 1361	John & Assoc.	Rye NY	RN	22-Dec-43	Later FDB 29, returned 1947
Q 1362	John & Assoc.	Rye NY	RN	21-Nov-43	Later FDB 30, returned 1947
Q 1363	John & Assoc.	Rye NY	RN	15-Feb-44	Later FDB 31, returned 1947
Q 1364	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	20-Jul-43	Returned 1947
Q 1365	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	9-Oct-43	Returned 1947
Q 1366	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	27-Oct-43	Returned 1947
Q 1367	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	27-Oct-43	Returned 1947
Q 1440	Hiltebrant DD	Kingston NY	RN	29-Mar-45	Later FDB 15, returned 1945, to the Netherlands 1946 as Poema (RP-117)
Q 1441	Hiltebrant DD	Kingston NY	RN	20-Apr-45	Later FDB 16, returned 1945, sold 1946 as Buccaneer, scrapped 1963
Q 1442	Hiltebrant DD	Kingston NY	RN	20-Apr-45	Later FDB 17, returned 1945, sold 1948 as Flo-Ja-Lis, to El Salvador 1950 as GC-1
Q 1443	Hiltebrant DD	Kingston NY	RN	1-Jun-45	Later FDB 18, returned 1945, sold 1948 as Dragon Lady, Surveyor II 1970, Par Five 1972, Dragon Lady 1978
Q 1444	Freeport SY	Freeport NY	RN	26-Apr-45	Later FDB 19, returned 1945, sold 1947 as Glenmore, Orion 1954, Midnight II 1964
Q 1445	Freeport SY	Freeport NY	RN	6-Apr-45	Later FDB 20, returned 1945
Q 1446	Freeport SY	Freeport NY	RN	1945	Later FDB 21, returned 1945
Q 1447	Adams YY	Quincy MA	RN	16-Dec-44	Returned 1946
Q 1448	Adams YY	Quincy MA	RN	1-Jan-45	Returned 1946, sold 1950 as Jebo, Coweta II 1952, Highlander 1955
Q 1449	Adams YY	Quincy MA	RN	17-Mar-45	Later FDB 32, returned 1946, to the Netherlands 1946 as Tijge (RP-118), to Indonesia 1950
Q 1450	Harris & Parsons	East Greenwich CT	RN	4-Jan-45	Later FDB 11, returned 1945, to the Netherlands 1946 as Dingo (RP-113)
Q 1451	Harris & Parsons	East Greenwich CT	RN	26-Mar-45	Later FDB 22, returned 1945, to the Netherlands 1946 as Wolf (RP-109), to Indonesia 1950
Q 1452	Harris & Parsons	East Greenwich CT	RN	19-Apr-45	Later FDB 23, returned 1945, sold 1945 as Estrellita, Nohaba III 1948, to El Salvador 1951 as GC-2
Q 1453	Perkins & Vaughan	Wickford RI	RN	24-Jan-45	Later FDB 12, returned 1945, to the Netherlands 1946 as Bever (RP-110)
Q 1454	Perkins & Vaughan	Wickford RI	RN	13-Mar-45	Later FDB 24, returned 1945, to the Netherlands 1946 as Luipaard (RP-114), to Indonesia 1950
Q 1455	Perkins & Vaughan	Wickford RI	RN	2-Apr-45	Later FDB 25, returned 1945
Q 1472	Huckins Yachts	Jacksonville FL	RN	13-Mar-45	Later FDB 13, returned 1945, to the Netherlands 1946 as Marter (RP-111), to Indonesia 1950
Q 1473	Huckins Yachts	Jacksonville FL	RN	17-Jan-45	Later FDB 14, returned 1945, to the Netherlands 1946 as Wezel (RP-112), to Indonesia 1950
Q 1474	Huckins Yachts	Jacksonville FL	RN	17-Mar-45	Later FDB 26, returned 1945, to the Netherlands 1946 as Leeuw (RP-116)
Q 1475	Huckins Yachts	Jacksonville FL	RN	17-Mar-45	Later FDB 27, returned 1945, to the Netherlands 1946 as Bizon (RP-115)

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