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 |
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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) |