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HARBOUR DEFENCE MOTOR LAUNCH HDMLQ1343 ARMED WITH TWIN BROWNING M2 WATER COOLED .50 CALIBRE MACHINE GUNS WITH 100 ROUND DRUM MAGAZINES ON THE BOW AND A 20MM OERLIKON MK 1 AT THE STERN. HDML'S WERE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS Q BOATS. (DONOR M. WHITE)
C.1944. ELEVATED STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF HMA HARBOUR DEFENCE MOTOR LAUNCH HDML1343. NOTE THE AMERICAN TWIN M2 BROWNING .50 INCH MACHINE GUNS FORWARD AND THE 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUN AFT. (NAVAL HISTORICAL
C.1944. AERIAL VIEW OF HMA HARBOUR DEFENCE MOTOR LAUNCH HDML1343 SHOWING HER DECK LAYOUT. NOTE THE AMERICAN TWIN M2 BROWNING .50 INCH MACHINE GUNS FORWARD AND THE 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUN AFT. (NAVAL HIS
DARWIN, NT. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DUTCH VESSEL MERAK APPARENTLY PERFORMING DUTY AS A DEPOT FOR MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS. THE SHIP HAS BEEN ARMED WITH A 4 INCH MARK XIX GUN ON A MARK XXIII MOUNTING A
HARBOUR DEFENCE MOTOR LAUNCH (HDML) Q1343 SECURED AT DOCK. NOTE HDML'S WERE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS Q BOATS. (DONOR M. WHITE)
C.1945-05 . PORT SIDE VIEW OF HMA HARBOUR DEFENCE MOTOR LAUNCH ML1327. A 40MM BOFORS AA GUN HAS REPLACED THE 3 POUNDER GUN FORMERLY MOUNTED FORWARD. THE 20MM OERLIKON AA GUN AFT HAS BEEN RETAINED. SIN
C. 1944. 1ST LIEUTENANT -, COMMANDER OF HARBOUR DEFENCE MOTOR LAUNCH (HDML) Q1343 IN CASUAL DRESS. NOTE HDML'S WERE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS Q BOATS. (DONOR M. WHITE)
