Harbor Defense Motor Launches (HDML) ~ Shipbuilding History

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.

	Builder	Location	Customer	Delivered	Notes
Q-1171	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	11 Dec 1942	returned 1947
Q-1172	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	16 Dec 1942	returned 1947
Q-1173	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	7 Jan 1943	returned 1947
Q-1174	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	16 Jan 1943	returned 1947
Q-1175	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	12 Feb 1943	returned 1947
Q-1176	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	12 Feb 1943	returned 1947
Q-1177	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	12 Feb 1943	returned 1947
Q-1178	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	12 Feb 1943	returned 1947
Q-1179	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	4 Mar 1943	destroyed by hurricane in Jamaica 21-Aug-44
Q-1180	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	4 Mar 1943	returned 1947
Q-1181	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	23 Mar 1943	returned 1947
Q-1182	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	23 Mar 1943	returned 1947
Q-1183	Madden, Lewis	Sausalito CA	RNZN	6 Mar 1943	later Cook 1948, Maori (P-3551) 1949, to FPS as Mako 1956, sold 1976
Q-1184	Madden, Lewis	Sausalito CA	RNZN	9 Mar 1943	later Philomel 1948, P-3552 1950, to FPS as Paea 1954, sold 1985
Q-1185	Madden, Lewis	Sausalito CA	RNZN	6 Apr 1943	to RNZA as Bombardier 1946, to RNZN as Manga (P-3567) 1959, sold 1981, abandoned
Q-1186	Madden, Lewis	Sausalito CA	RNZN	22 Apr 1943	sold 1947
Q-1187	Everett-Pacific SB	Everett WA	RNZN	13 May 1943	to RNZCG-1946, to RNZN as P-3566 1951, Maori 1955, Mako 1979, sold 1984 as Tarapunga, burned 2014
Q-1188	Everett-Pacific SB	Everett WA	RNZN	13 May 1943	later P-3556 1950, Philomel 1955, Takupu 1955, Kahawai 1979, sold 1984
Q-1189	Everett-Pacific SB	Everett WA	RNZN	13 May 1943	sold 1946 as Alert
Q-1190	Everett-Pacific SB	Everett WA	RNZN	21 Jun 1943	later P-3562 1950, Olphert 1956, Parore 1967
Q-1191	Grays Harbor SB	Aberdeen WA	RNZN	28 Sep 1943	later Tarnaki (P-3553) 1950, to FPS as Kahawai 1966, sold 1982, burned 1997
Q-1192	Grays Harbor SB	Aberdeen WA	RNZN	28 Sep 1943	later Irirangi (P-3554) 1950, Maroro 1964, sold 1972, wrecked 1982 in Fiji
Q-1193	Grays Harbor SB	Aberdeen WA	RNZN	28 Sep 1943	later P-3555 1950, Viti 1955, Ngapona 1959, Tamure 1967, sold 1973
Q-1194	Grays Harbor SB	Aberdeen WA	RNZN	28 Sep 1943	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-1338	Leek & Sons	Leektown NJ	RAN	31 May 1942	sold 1949
Q-1339	Leek & Sons	Leektown NJ	RAN	15 Jun 1944	sold 1946
Q-1340	Sussex Thorsen	Ellsworth ME	RAN	1 Sep 1945	sold 1949
Q-1341	Sussex Thorsen	Ellsworth ME	RAN	12 May 1945	sold 1949
Q-1342	Sussex Thorsen	Ellsworth ME	RAN	6 Jan 1945	sold 1949
Q-1343	Sussex Thorsen	Ellsworth ME	RAN	31 Dec 1944	sold 1949
Q-1344	Truscott boat	St. Joseph MI	RN	Sep 1945	sold 1949
Q-1345	Truscott boat	St. Joseph MI	RN	May 1945	sold 1949
Q-1346	Truscott boat	St. Joseph MI	RN	6 Jan 1945	sold 1949
Q-1347	Truscott boat	St. Joseph MI	RN	31 Dec 1944	sold 1949
Q-1348	Ackerman BW	Newport Beach FL	RNZN	4 Mar 1944	later P-3563 1950, Pegasus 1956, Kuparu 1967, Toroa 1968, sold as Haku 2002
Q-1349	Ackerman BW	Newport Beach FL	RNZN	4 Mar 1944	later P-3565 1950, Wakefield 1956, Haku 1964, sold 19?? as Black Watch
Q-1350	Ackerman BW	Newport Beach FL	RNZN	27 Mar 1944	later P-3564 1950, Toroa 1950, Koura 1967, to Paeroa 1984 for museum
Q-1351	Ackerman BW	Newport Beach FL	RNZN	15 Mar 1944	sold 1947, Aotearoa 1951, Pakatoa 1965
Q-1352	Freeport SY	Freeport NY	RAN	12 May 1944	sold 1949
Q-1353	Freeport SY	Freeport NY	RAN	18 Oct 1944	sold 1949
Q-1354	Freeport SY	Freeport NY	RAN	11 Dec 1944	sold 1949
Q-1355	Freeport SY	Freeport NY	RAN	11 Dec 1944	sold 1949
Q-1356	Elscot BW	City Island NY	RAN	20 Dec 1944	sold 1949
Q-1357	Elscot BW	City Island NY	RAN	4 Nov 1944	sold 1949
Q-1358	Elscot BW	City Island NY	RAN	21 Oct 1944	sold 1949
Q-1359	Elscot BW	City Island NY	RAN	22 Sep 1944	sold 1949
Q-1360	John & Assoc.	Rye NY	RN	25 Oct 1943	later FDB-28, returned 1947
Q-1361	John & Assoc.	Rye NY	RN	22 Dec 1943	later FDB-29, returned 1947
Q-1362	John & Assoc.	Rye NY	RN	21 Nov 1943	later FDB-30, returned 1947
Q-1363	John & Assoc.	Rye NY	RN	15 Feb 1944	later FDB-31, returned 1947
Q-1364	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	20 Jul 1943	returned 1947
Q-1365	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	9 Oct 1943	returned 1947
Q-1366	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	27 Oct 1943	returned 1947
Q-1367	Dodge Boat & Plane	Newport News VA	RN	27 Oct 1943	returned 1947
Q-1440	Hiltebrant DD	Kingston NY	RN	29 Mar 1945	later FDB-15, returned 1945, to the Netherlands 1946 as Poema (RP-117)
Q-1441	Hiltebrant DD	Kingston NY	RN	20 Apr 1945	later FDB-16, returned 1945, sold 1946 as Buccaneer, scrapped 1963
Q-1442	Hiltebrant DD	Kingston NY	RN	20 Apr 1945	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 1945	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 1945	later FDB-19, returned 1945, sold 1947 as Glenmore, Orion 1954, Midnight II 1964
Q-1445	Freeport SY	Freeport NY	RN	6 Apr 1945	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 1944	returned 1946
Q-1448	Adams YY	Quincy MA	RN	1 Jan 1945	returned 1946, sold 1950 as Jebo, Coweta II 1952, Highlander 1955
Q-1449	Adams YY	Quincy MA	RN	17 Mar 1945	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 1945	later FDB-11, returned 1945, to the Netherlands 1946 as Dingo (RP-113)
Q-1451	Harris & Parsons	East Greenwich CT	RN	26 Mar 1945	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 1945	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 1945	later FDB-12, returned 1945, to the Netherlands 1946 as Bever (RP-110)
Q-1454	Perkins & Vaughan	Wickford RI	RN	13 Mar 1945	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 1945	later FDB-25, returned 1945
Q-1472	Huckins Yachts	Jacksonville FL	RN	13 Mar 1945	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 1945	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 1945	later FDB-26, returned 1945, to the Netherlands 1946 as Leeuw (RP-116)
Q-1475	Huckins Yachts	Jacksonville FL	RN	17 Mar 1945	later FDB-27, returned 1945, to the Netherlands 1946 as Bizon (RP-115)