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33: 218: 78:. The prototype, numbered 100, gave its name to the class as the "100 class"; High Speed Launch 102 is the only surviving boat from that class. It was tested in 1936 and production boats were delivered in 1937. 85:"Whaleback", an adaptation of a motor anti-submarine boat, the first HSL to include gun turrets. British Power Boat chief designer George Selman later designed the 68 ft. "Hants & Dorset" 255: 279: 199: 173: 248: 108: 32: 71: 284: 241: 165:
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The 64 ft. high-speed, air/sea rescue launch built by
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64 ft HSL

Type Two 63 ft HSL
Hawker Hurricane
air-sea rescue
Royal Air Force
World War II
British Power Boat Company
Royal Air Force
Type Two 63 ft HSL


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