Fairmile A motor launch

The Fairmile A motor launch was a type of Motor Launch designed by Fairmile Marine for the Royal Navy.

Shortly before the Second World War the British industrialist Noel Macklin submitted to the British Admiralty an innovative plan for the series production of a motor launch. The launch design used prefabricated parts, which allowed various small manufacturers, such as furniture and piano manufacturers [Mullard, Heals and Parker Knoll are among those named. The subdivision of the work outside traditional boat manufacturers was part of an agreement not to make demands on the usual suppliers to the Admiralty] , to produce the individual components. These components could then be assembled in separate shipyards. The hull was to be made of double diagonal mahogany planking with plywood frames divided into nine watertight compartments.

In July 1939, two months before the outbreak of war, the Admiralty awarded Macklin a contract to build twelve Type A Fairmiles.

References

* "Allied Coastal Forces of World War Two, Volume I : Fairmile designs and US Submarine Chasers" - by John Lambert and Al Ross - 1990, ISBN 978-0851775197

ee also

* Fairmile B motor launch
* Fairmile C motor gun boat
* Fairmile D motor torpedo boat
* Fairmile H landing craft
*Coastal Forces of the Royal Navy

External links

* [http://www.mnq-nmq.org/english/vivez/impacts/fairmi_1.htm The origins of the Fairmiles]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=sTLLDlcv7EEC&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq=%22fairmile+a%22&source=web&ots=kVPVINeoi2&sig=1yW8IIKn0PZvNTSfMMAjl-iwV0o Allied Coastal Forces of World War II]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=MuGsf0psjvcC&pg=PA525&lpg=PA525&dq=%22fairmile+a%22&source=web&ots=K3-ADeVCbF&sig=smpjt8UnnR1KQynKpLOvvanHdkc Fairmile 'A' and 'C' types]