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harbour defence motor launch

1940s class of British small motor vessel
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Summary

harbour defence motor launch is a boat class[1]. It draws 448 Wikipedia views per month (boat class category, ranking #71 of 196).[2]

Key Facts

  • Operator: Royal Navy[3]
  • Subclass of: patrol vessel[4], motorboat[5]
  • Commons category: Harbour Defence Motor Launch[6]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[7]
  • Inception: 1940[8]
  • Participated in conflict: World War II[9]
  • Service entry: 1940[10]
  • Service retirement: 1970[11]
  • Total produced: 464[12], 486[13]
  • Length: 22 m[14]

Why It Matters

harbour defence motor launch is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Vicarage · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Operator → Royal Navy
    Freebase id → /m/0286nqp
    Instance of → boat class
    Wikidata description → 1940s class of British small motor vessel
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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