HMAS ML 827

HMAS ML 827 was a Fairmile B Motor Launch of the Royal Australian Navy.^[1]

History
Australia
Ordered	19 May 1942
Builder	Norman Wright, Sydney
Commissioned	19 April 1944
Fate	Sank in November 1944
General characteristics
Class & type	Fairmile B class motor launch
Displacement	85 tons
Length	112 ft (34 m)
Beam	18 ft 3 in (5.56 m)
Draught	4 ft 9 in (1.45 m)
Propulsion	Twin petrol engines totaling 1,200 bhp
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	1,500 mi (1,300 nmi; 2,400 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	16
Sensors & processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	1 × 3-lb Mk I gun 1 × twin 0.303-in Machineguns 12 depth charges
Armour	Wheelhouse plated

Fate

Commanded by Lieutenant Ian Fairley Graham Downs, OBE; While on patrol ML 827 went aground in Jacquinot Bay, New Britain on 17 November 1944. She capsized and sank while under tow on 20 November 1944 off Cape Kawai, New Britain.