''ML-18'' was a British motor launch boat that disappeared in the

North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea, epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the ...

while on passage from

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

Construction

''ML-18'' was constructed in 1915 by the

Electric Launch Company The Electric Launch Company, later renamed Elco Motor Yachts ("Elco"), is an American boat building and electric motor company that has operated from 1893 to 1949 and from 1987 to the present. History Elco first made its mark at the World's Col ...

. She was completed in 1915 and served from 1915 until her loss in 1919. The ship was long, with a beam of and a depth of . The ship was assessed at 37 disp with a diesel engine that could reach a speed of 19 knots.

Disappearance

On 29 September 1919, ''ML-18'' along with ''ML-62'' and ''ML-191'' were on passage from

when they disappeared in the

. The crew and ships were never found; the number of casualties is unknown.

References

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