HM SGB Grey Wolf & ML 246

[Popeye]

Could anyone please provide information on the above boats. My Dad served on both in the following periods:

SGB Grey Wolf - 4th January to 23rd September 1944.
He spoke of the flotilla commander, Peter Scott, being onboard until shortly before D-Day. Where can I find details of specific incidents in the period?' I know that the boat was at Omaha Beach but not much more than that. How was she occupied from D-Day until September 44? Was the flotilla successful in minesweeping after that date? He was transferred to ML246 at this point. Were all the crews disbanded or did they stay on and take part in their new minesweeping role?

ML 246 - 14th ML flotilla - 24th September 1944 to 26th October 1945.
The flotilla sailed to the Far East and took part in Operation Dracula in early May 1945. Information recently provided on this site on MLs 245 and 246 mentions operations on the Arakan coast after arriving in the region and prior to Dracula. Can anyone provide any information on what the flotilla did in the Arakan area?
I have a letter from Dad to his father dated 21st June 1945, while on ML 246, in which he wrote:-
"We have been digging in and helping the Army out at Prome. They are pretty busy right now and you should have seen their faces when they first saw the Navy so far inland."
Prome is on the River Irrawaddy about 160 miles north of Rangoon. The 14th Army reached Rangoon from the north within days of the Dracula landings in early May so I am puzzled as to what was going on there in June, as the main thrust of the Army had turned east following the Japanese across the Sittang River. Maybe they were mopping up remnants of the Japanese army.
Dad spoke of the Berkshire Regiment, part of the 2nd British Division, and said that on leaving Portsmouth for the last time in 1946 he had to go to Reading barracks for more paperwork before he could go home. Some time after returning to civilian life he returned to Reading with some other former sailors when they paraded through the town at the rear of the Berkshire Regiment on its official return home. This has always puzzled me. Can anyone cast more light opn this, please?
Any help with the above would be very much appreciated.
Having read articles on this and other sources I realise how very fortunate my generation has been to have been spared what these people had to do.

[Admin]

Hello Popeye

This section entitled Burma Operations (1942-1945) from the Official History of the Royal Indian Navy by Lieutenant D.J.E. Collins, and available to read online gives quite a good account of the naval campaign on the Arakan Coast, if you haven't already come across it.

I seem to recall seeing a photo of ship's crew of one of the Greys recently but I can't recall which one. I'll try and dig it out. Grey Wolf was constructed as SGB 8.

[Admin]

SGB 308, later Grey Wolf, believed to be taken during her sea trials, which would most likely make this the Firth of Clyde, given her construction yard of Denny Brothers at Dumbarton.

[Brian Holmes]

ML_246 Sheerness Dockyard 21/7/41
Known Crew
Lt N Hunt (Commanding Officer)
TSLt William John Baker RNVR
TSLt John Campbell Barry RNVR (3/6/44 - ) Served in HMS Howe as an ordinary seaman before being commissioned in 1944 and joining Coastal Forces Served in ML 222. First Lieutenant ML 246 1/5/44. 10th ML Flotilla and voyage to Bombay 10/44.
Ord Thomas Harris Davies D/JX302998 Died cause unknown 5/3/43 Age 36 Husband of Mary Catherine Davies, of Flint. Buried in Flint (St. Mary) Churchyard Extension Sec. D. Line 10. Grave 5

Wartime Activities
7/41 Free French = St Ives
1/7/41 20th ML Flotilla assembling at Portland
ML 123, ML 192, ML 245, ML 246, ML 247, ML 262, ML 267 and ML 268
2nd Division 20th ML Flotilla (Based on Portsmouth)
Convoy escort in English Channel
4/42 20th ML Flotilla (Based on Weymouth)
Convoy escort, patrols and Air Sea Rescue
8/42 Returned to Royal Navy Crew transferred to 23rd MTB Flotilla (Free French)
19/8/42 Operation Jubilee - Raid on Dieppe
SGB 5 (Grey Owl) ,SGB 9
MGB 50, MGB 51, MGB 312, MGB 315, MGB 316, MGB 317,MGB 320, MGB 321, MGB 323, MGB 326
ML 120, ML 123, ML 189, ML 190, ML 193,ML 194, ML 230, ML 246, ML 292, ML 309, ML 343, ML 344, ML 346, RML 513
6/44 Operation Neptune Invasion of Normandy
20th ML Flotilla Based on Portsmouth
Operation Neptune - Invasion of Normandy
ML 123, ML 146, ML 147, ML 151, ML 198, ML 205, ML 246, ML 247, ML 269, ML 297, ML 902 and ML 903
Navigation Leaders at Juno Beach
14th ML Flotilla
Arakan

Post War Fate
11/45 Burma RNVR
1/46 For disposal

[Brian Holmes]

SGB_8 HMS Grey Wolf Denny (Dunbarton) 17/4/42
For an action off Cap Barfleur on 18th June 1942
MID Lt Ian Raymond Griffiths

For an attack on R Boats off Boulogne on 9th July 1942
DSC Lt Ian Raymond Griffiths
MID Ord Eric William Sawyer P/JX315602

For an action in the Channel on 25th July 1942
DSC Lt Richard George Lovell Pennell

For Operation Jubilee – the raid on Dieppe on 19th August 1942
MID Lt Ian Raymond Griffiths

New Year Honours List 1943
MID TLt William Osmond John Bate RNVR

For fortitude when mortally wounded during an action in enemy waters in the Channel on 26th July 1943
MID(Post) AB George Gray P/SSX17209

For a series of actions in the Channel over a period of two years
MID TLt Raymond Langridge RNVR
DSM ERA2 Frederick Moreland Merwood P/MX47326
DSM* PO Thomas Boyle C/JX139471

Permission to wear a US award for services in the Bay of Seine in June 1944
LLegMer TLt Charles Edward Capel Martin RNVR

Known Crew
Lt Ian Raymond Griffiths RN Commanding Officer 7/42
TLt William Osmond John Bate RNVR First Lieutenant SGB 8 7/42 Served in 29th (Canadian) MTB Flotilla Born in Brentford district, Middlesex 1913
TLt Raymond Langridge RNVR 8/2/43
TLt Charles Edward Capel Martin RNVR First Lieutenant MGB 59 29/10/40 - 3/42 TLt 19/4/41 Commanding Officer MGB 318 3/42 - 7/43 Commanding Officer HMS Grey Wolf Commanding Officer MGB 503 DSC 1944 and LM 1945. Born in Abergavenny, 21/04/13 and died in Chelsea, London 19/2/98
Lt Richard George Lovell Pennell
TSLt D Day RNVR joined as TMid 16/11/42
ERA2 Frederick Moreland Merwood P/MX47326
PO Thomas Boyle C/JX139471 MGB 318 DSM 1943 MTB 614 MID 1944 SGB 8 DSM 1944
AB George Gray P/SSX17209
Ord Eric William Sawyer P/JX315602

Wartime Activities
18-9/6/42 HMS Albrighton, SGB 4, SGB 6, SGB 7 and SGB 8 attempt to intercept two German merchant vessels accompanied by E Boats that have departed Le Havre off CapBarfleur at approx. 0100.
0100 Shortly afterwards SGB 6 has an engine failure, loses contact and returned to Portsmouth
0230 HMS Albrighton makes Radar contact at about 2.5 miles. A warning signal was seen followed by a merchant vessel at 1000 yards. HMS Albrighton opened fire and fired a torpedo that missed before breaking off to allow the SGBs to attack and to illuminate with starshell. The second merchant vessel is sighted. One vessel is severely damaged by gunfire and the other is torpedoed. SGB 7 was sunk in the action.
0415 HMS Albrighton has stayed behind searching for SGB 7 but breaks off as it is growing light.
9/7/42 SGB 4 and SGB 8 are in an attack on R Boats off Boulogne
25/7/42 SGB 3and SGB 8 are in an action in the Channel
19/8/42 Operation Jubilee – the raid on Dieppe
18-9/5/44 9th S Boat Flotilla sorties from Cherbourg to Le Havre. A brief skirmish with the gun-boats SGB Grey Owl and SGB Grey Wolf
1944 Converted to fast minesweeper
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Post War Fate
3/2/48 Sold

[Popeye]

Many thanks to Bryan Holmes for the prompt, detailed reply.

The list of the known crew of HMS Grey Wolf includes PO Thomas Boyle DSM MID who I met following my father's death in 1975. He kindly spent an hour or so with me describing the day to day life and the friendships, and tensions onboard. Like my father, he spoke of Peter Scott being on the boat in 1944 which none of the sources I have seen seem to mention. I imagine Scott spent some time on each boat in the flotilla.

Would you please record my father on the list of known crews for HMS Grey Wolf and ML 246. He was Able Seaman John Ferriter JX324410.

Thanks also to Admin and especially for providing the photograph of Grey Wolf.

Stephen Ferriter

[Pioneer]

A very interesting thread on the development of the unique propulsion unit employed in the Steam Gun Boat can be read on the World Naval Ships Forums.

[Buddy]

I have some photos of a badly damaged SGB4 Grey Fox in I am certain Newhaven harbour.
Peter Scott was the flotilla senior officer as I remember. Lt-Cdr Ron Ashby was due to take command the day after the damage was sustained. Ron Ashby was previously the O.C. of MTB 07 in Hong Kong, my father was the Stoker PO on 07. The 2nd MTB Flotilla escaped from Hong Kong on Christmas Day 1941 with the legendary one legged Chinese Admiral Chan Chak. The story can be read on my site http://www.hongkongescape.org.
Following his spell on Grey Fox Ron Ashby went on to command the coastal forces during the Arakan campaign with I believe some sixty four ML's under his command. I keep in touch with his son Vaughn and he has all his father's papers etc regarding these times. I can always forward any enquiries on if needed.

Buddy Hide Jr

[Popeye]

Hello Buddy,

I have been unable to learn the movements of ML 246 in Burma in the period after Operation Dracula and the end of the war. I believe that the ML went to Prome in June 1945 and I have some of the details of the surrender of the Japanese forces at Mergui in September 1945 in which the crew took part but nothing else. I understand that the MLs in the Irrawaddy Delta usually operated independently.

It would be of great help if you could forward my enquiry to Lt Cdr Ashby's son.

Many thanks,

Stephen Ferriter

[CAM]

Is there a report on the battle SGB-8 and -7 in the Seine Gulf 19/06/1942 ?

[CAM]

As distinguished himself in battle with the German minesweepers near Le Treport 04/09/43 SGB-8?

[8X1ROB]

Hi.
I believe my Granfater William Perfitt (Bill) would have been on ML 246 at the same time. From D-Day to Burma. He then joined HMS Veryan Bay.

[8X1ROB]

Re seeing the Navy so far inland. My Grandad spoke of an encounter where he was with crew mates and came across an army position. They were asked what they were doing, thier reply was looking for a drink. To which it was pointed out that they were pretty much at the front line.
Given embellishments this sounds pretty similar given he was on ML246.

[John110547]

Hi 8X1ROB

With regards to ML 246 movements after it joined the 14th ML Flotilla for service in Burma, I hope the following helps.

Best regards
John

• MLs 246, 123(1), 205, 247, 269 in August 1944 were transferred from the 20th ML flotilla to the 14th ML Flotilla & sent for a refit for service overseas.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) in September 1944 were undergoing a refit as gunboats for services in Southeast Asia. The refit of each boat included several structural changes above & below deck to accommodate an increase in crew from sixteen to twenty-three, the fitting of 2,000-gallon fuel tanks on the upper deck, & the rearming of the boat. The armaments included on the foredeck a 6-pounder gun (4.5"/19 (11.4 cm) 8cwt QF Mark I) on a Mark VII mounting, two twin 0.303"/78(7.7mm) Vickers machine guns fitted on either side at the rear of the bridge, on the quarterdeck was a 40 mm/70 Bofors Mark III on Mark XII mounting & one twin 20mm/70(0.79”) Oerlikon Mk II Cannon on Mark XII mounting on the afterdeck. Also, the boat carried two depth charges & a 2” rocket launcher on the starboard side.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) on 1 October 1944 were at Pembroke Docks, Pembrokeshire, South West Wales, after undergoing refits as gunboats, which included fitting fuel tanks to the upper decks & preparing to depart for Akyab. The Flotilla would sail nearly 10,200 miles & would stop every two to four days for supplies, refuelling & repairs if necessary. Their stopover ports were Gibraltar (HMS Iskra), Algiers (HMS Razorbill), Bizerte (HMS Hasdrubal), Valletta (HMS Mosquito III), Benghazi (Libya), Alexandria (HMS Mosquito), Port Said (HMS Mosquito II), Port Tewfik (Egypt), Port Sudan (Egypt), Massawa (HMS Bull), Aden (HMS Sheba), Mukalla (Oman), Masirah Island (Oman), Karachi (HMIS Monze), Bombay (HMIS Cheetah I), Cochin (HMIS Vendurthy), Colombo (HMS Lanka), Trincomalee (HMS Highflyer), Madras (HMIS Adyer), Vishakhapatnam (HMIS Circars) & Calcutta (HMIS Hooghly) for supplies, refuelling & repairs if necessary. Note: It was planned that the boats of the 14th ML Flotilla would undergo a refit on arrival at HMIS Cheetah I.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) on 7 October 1944 departed Pembroke Docks en route to Gibraltar with the 34th ML Flotilla & led by a destroyer. Each Flotilla took its base engineering staff with it & distributed the engineers among its boats.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla from 8 to 11 October 1944 were en route to Gibraltar. Due to the overcrowding caused by transporting the base engineering staff & their equipment, the voyage was becoming very distressing.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 12 October 1944 arrived at Gibraltar.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla from 13 to 15 October 1944 were at Gibraltar. During this period, the Flotilla’s base staff & their equipment were disembarked & they continued their trip to Bombay & HMIS Cheetah I on a troopship.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 16 October 1944 departed Gibraltar for Algiers, Algeria.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 17 October 1944 were en route to Algiers.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 18 October 1944 arrived at Algiers.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla from 19 to 20 October 1944 were at Algiers.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 21 October 1944 departed Algiers for Bizerte, Tunisia.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 22 October 1944 were en route to Bizerte.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 23 October 1944 arrived at Bizerte.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 24 October 1944 departed Bizerte for Valletta, Malta.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 25 October 1944 arrived at Valletta.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla from 26 to 29 October 1944 were at Valletta.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 30 October 1944 departed Valletta for Benghazi, Libya.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 31 October 1944 were en route to Benghazi.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 1 November 1944 arrived at Benghazi.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 2 November 1944 departed Benghazi for Alexandria, Egypt.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 3 November 1944 arrived at Alexandria.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla from 4 to 9 November 1944 were at Alexandria.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 10 November 1944 departed Alexandria for Port Said, Egypt.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 11 November 1944 arrived at Port Said.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 12 November 1944 were at Port Said.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 13 November 1944 departed Port Said for Port Tewfik, Egypt & arrived on the same day.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 14 November 1944 departed Port Tewfik for Port Sudan, Sudan.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla from 15 to 16 November 1944 were en route to Port Sudan.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 17 November 1944 arrived at Port Sudan.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 18 November 1944 were at Port Sudan.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 19 November 1944 departed Port Sudan for Massawa, Eritrea.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla from 20 to 21 November 1944 were en route to Massawa.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 22 November 1944 arrived at Massawa.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla from 23 to 29 December 1944 were at Massawa.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 30 November 1944 departed Massawa for Aden, Aden Colony.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 1 December 1944 were en route to Aden.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 2 December 1944 arrived at Assab, Eritrea, to take shelter from a storm.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 3 December 1944 departed Assab for Aden.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 4 December 1944 arrived at Aden.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla from 5 to 8 December 1944 were at Aden.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 9 December 1944 departed Aden to Mukalla, Yemen.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 10 December 1944 arrived at Mukalla.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 11 December 1944 departed Mukalla for Masirah Island, Oman.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla from 12 to 14 December 1944 were en route to Masirah Island.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 15 December 1944 arrived at Masirah Island.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla from 16 to 17 December 1944 were at Masirah Island.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 18 December 1944 departed Masirah Island for Karachi, India.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla from 19 to 20 December 1944 were en route to Karachi.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 21 December 1944 arrived at Karachi.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla from 22 to 27 December 1944 were at Karachi.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 28 December 1944 departed Karachi for Bombay, India.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla from 29 to 30 December 1944 were en route to Bombay.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 34th ML Flotilla on 31 December 1944 arrived at Bombay.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) from 1 January to 27 February 1945 were at Bombay, undergoing refits, including the removal of the upper deck fuel tanks.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 13th ML Flotilla on 28 February 1945 departed Bombay for Cochin, India.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 13th ML Flotilla from 1 to 2 March 1945 were en route to Cochin.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 13th ML Flotilla on 3 March 1945 arrived at Cochin.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 13th ML Flotilla from 4 to 6 March 1945 were at Cochin.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 13th ML Flotilla on 7 March 1945 departed Cochin for Colombo, Ceylon.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 13th ML Flotilla from 8 to 9 March 1945 were en route to Colombo.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 13th ML Flotilla on 10 March 1945 arrived at Colombo.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 13th ML Flotilla from 11 to 22 March 1945 were at Colombo.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 13th ML Flotilla on 23 March 1945 departed Colombo for Trincomalee, Ceylon.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 13th ML Flotilla on 24 March 1945 were en route to Trincomalee.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 13th ML Flotilla on 25 March 1945 arrived at Trincomalee.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 13th ML Flotilla on 26 March 1945 were at Trincomalee.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 13th ML Flotilla on 27 March 1945 departed Trincomalee for Madras, India.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 13th ML Flotilla on 28 March 1945 were en route to Madras.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 13th ML Flotilla on 29 March 1945 arrived at Madras.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 13th ML Flotilla from 30 March to 12 April 1945 were at Madras.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 13th ML Flotilla on 13 April 1945 departed Madras for Vishakhapatnam, India.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 13th ML Flotilla on 14 April 1945 were en route to Vishakhapatnam.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) with boats from the 13th ML Flotilla on 15 April 1945 arrived at Vishakhapatnam.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) from 16 to 21 April 1945 were at Vishakhapatnam.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) on 22 April 1945 departed Vishakhapatnam for Kyaukpyu, Burma.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) from 23 to 24 April 1945 were en route to Kyaukpyu.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) on 25 April 1945 arrived at Kyaukpyu.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) on 26 April 1945 were at Kyaukpyu with boats from the 145th, 146th & 147th ML Flotillas to participate in Operation Dracula with one of the five assault convoys (Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy & Fox) in the invasion of Rangoon, Burma. The boats from the 14th ML Flotilla were assigned to accompany the assault convoy Charlie.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) from 27 to 28 April 1945 were at Kyaukpyu.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) on 29 April 1945 departed Kyaukpyu on the four hundred passage to Rangoon as part of Operation Dracula with the assault convoy 'Charlie' which included the sloops HMIS CAUVERY, SUTLEJ, the coastal forces depot ship HMS BARRACUDA, the landing craft depot ship BARPETA, the landing ship NITH, the store ships EMPIRE RANI, RISALDAR, WING SANG, the tankers EMPIRE DOMBEY, EMPIRE MULL, the landing craft Headquarters (101, 267, 317) & ten landing craft Infantry, large (121, 125, 166, 177, 180, 249, 266, 295, 305, 310).
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) on 30 April 1945 were en route to Rangoon (Operation Dracula) with convoy 'Charlie' when LCH 317 broke down & had to be taken in tow by the sloop HMIS CAUVERY. Convoy Charlie arrived at the assembly anchorage before midnight.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269, 591, 905 (14th ML Flotilla) were at the mouth of the Yangon River on 1 May 1945 when, at 02.30hrs, the two assault groups, W1 & W2, started to form up. Assault Group W1, which consisted of the two landing ships (Infantry) PERSIMMON & BARPETA, carrying troops from the 71st Indian Infantry Brigade, the landing craft (Headquarters) 317, nine landing craft (Tank), three landing craft (Gun) & four Landing Craft (Infantry) & Assault Group W2, which consisted of three landing ships (Infantry) SILVIO, GLENROY & PRINCE ALBERT, carrying troops from the 36th Indian Infantry Brigade, the landing craft (Headquarters) 101, eight landing craft (Tank), two landing craft (Gun) & ten landing craft (Infantry). Early that day, eight squadrons of B-24 Liberator heavy bombers, four squadrons of B-25 Mitchell medium bombers & two squadrons of P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers from the 2nd Air Commando Group, United States Army Air Forces, bombed & strafed various Japanese defence positions south of Rangoon. At 05.45hrs, one hundred & fifty-four troops from the 2nd/3rd Gurkha Parachute Battalion & a detachment from Force 136 (SOE) successfully dropped near Elephant Point, as the two assault groups, supported by the MLs & the HDML, moved into positions. At 07.00hrs, assault group W1 landed on the west side of the Yangon River, while assault group W2 landed on the east side of the Yangon River. Note: ML 269 was one of only three coastal forces boats (MLs 269, 303 & 904) to be hit by German & Japanese gunfire during WW2 while on active service on opposite sides of the world.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269 on 11 May 1945 of the 14th ML Flotilla arrived at Rangoon, Burma.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269 (14th ML Flotilla) from 12 May 1945 until 17 June 1945, with the 13th, 59th & 146th ML Flotillas began operations in the Delta, east of the Kokawa, Hlaing, Bawle, China Bakir rivers & the Irrawaddy up to Henzada. Their first objective was to cut off Japanese escape routes; the second objective was to impress the Burma National Army & local inhabitants; the third objective was to assist in re-establishing some form of local administration & civil government. Boats from these flotillas would also be tasked with undertaking individual operations during this period.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269 (14th ML Flotilla) on 17 June 1945 with the 13th, 59th & 146th ML Flotillas discontinued their operations in the Delta, east of the Kokawa, Hlaing, Bawle, China Bakir rivers & the Irrawaddy up to Henzada, when the rivers were rising, river banks disappearing & navigable channel disappearing due to the monsoon. The operation had been a success, with eleven Japanese boats destroyed, over one hundred Japanese killed & ten captured.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269 (14th ML Flotilla) on 15 August 1945 were at Rangoon, Burma.
• MLs 246, 123(1), 191, 205, 247, 269 (14th ML Flotilla) on 31 October 1945 were transferred to the Burma RNVR.
• ML 246 on 1 January 1946 was returned to the Royal Navy & placed on the disposal list before being & sold in Singapore in 1946.