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unusual facts about Motor Launch


Stanley Frederick Gibbs

On 3 January 1927, Gibbs was out driving a launch at Port Hacking when he noticed Mervyn Allum struggling in the water.


Coastal Forces of the Royal Australian Navy

It consisted of small coastal defence craft such as motor launches, submarine chasers, air-sea rescue launches, motor gun boats and motor torpedo boats.

Fairmile A motor launch

Shortly before the Second World War the British industrialist Noel Macklin submitted to the Admiralty an innovative plan for the series production of a motor launch.


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Madang Airport

A large amount of high octane fuel was captured and used by the Australians for use in the Royal Australian Navy motor launch boats.

Percy Thompson Dean

On 22 and 23 April 1918 at Zeebrugge, Belgium, after Intrepid and Iphigenia had been scuttled, their crews were taken off by Motor Launch 282 commanded by Lieutenant Dean.