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Whaleback HSL 164 off Colombo with a Hawker Hurricane overhead
Class overview
Name
Type Two 63 ft HSL
Builders
British Power Boats
Operators
RAF Marine Craft Section, UK
General characteristics
Type
High speed launch
Displacement
21.5 tons
Length
63 ft (19 m)
Beam
17.5 ft (5.3 m)
Draught
3.75 ft (1.14 m)
Propulsion
3 × Napier Sea Lion each of 500 hp (373 kW)
Speed
36 kn (67 km/h)
Range
500 miles (800 km)
Complement
9 (including captain and a medical orderly)
Armament
originally 2 × 0.303 machine guns, later 2 × 0.303 machine guns in single turrets, 2 × twin 0.303 machine guns, 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
The Type Two HSL was a 63 ft high-speed launch craft made by British Power Boat Company (BPBC). The craft were used during the Second World War for air-sea rescue operations to save Allied aircrew from the sea. The Type Two superseded the 64 ft HSL, and was itself replaced by the Type Three 68 ft "Hants and Dorset" also built by the BPBC. The Type Two (aka Type 2) was nicknamed the "Whaleback" due to the distinctive curve to its deck and humped cabin.[1]
^Diane Canwell and Jon Sutherland (2013). RAF Air Sea Rescue 1918–1986. Pen & Sword Aviation. p. 41. ISBN 9781848843035.
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