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Royal Navy Motor Launches

Two Royal Navy Motor Launches were lost off Hartlepool during the Second World War.
On October 11th, 1941, the 112ft. Fairmile "B" Motor Launch, built by the Sittingbourne Shipbuilding Co. (completed August 19th, 1941), was lost off Hartlepool through stress of weather.
HDML 1388, a 72ft. Harbour Defence Launch built by Cardnell Bros., Maylandsea (completed November 25th, 1943), grounded at Hartlepool on December 24th, 1943, and became a constructive total loss.

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