Madden and Lewis Company – Sausalito – California

(Contract Number, D.A.N.O.B.S. 585)

This company built four, which were Q1183, Q1184, Q1185, Q1186. They were shipped to Wellington N.Z. from San Francisco as deck cargo on the ships Frank Joseph Irvin and the Pere Marguette, arriving in Wellington on the 16^th of January 1943 and the 5^th of March 1943

          Q1183, Q1184, were commissioned on the 9^th of March 1943.

          Q1185, was commissioned on the 8^th April 1943.

          Q1186, was commissioned on the 14^th April 1943

124^th FLOTILLA AUCKLAND AREA

Because of the late commissioning of the Anti-Submarine Fixed Defenses at Worser Bay, the following H.D.M.L. were sailed to Auckland from Wellington on the 16^th May 1943 via Gisborne, arriving in Auckland on the 20^th May 1943.

Q1183, Q1184, Q1185, Q1186, Q1187 were the Five designated and they joined up with Q1191, Q1192, Q1193, Q1194, thus collectively making up the 124^th Flotilla.

The only incident recorded is on the 6^th September 1943, H.D.M.L. Q1186 made an ASDIC contact while on patrol off Cape Brett, and dropped Depth Charges, but a search revealed no sign of any submarine.

By HMS Medusa / 28 October 2021

HDML 1186

Madden & Lewis, Sausalito, California, USA 5/4

Known Crew

• TLt A R Joughin RNZNVR TLt 13/10/42 124th ML Flotilla Commanding Officer HDML 1186 22/4/43
• TLt F A Bamford RNZNVR TSLt 30/10/42 FS Paris (Plymouth) 124th ML Flotilla HDML 1186 23/2/44 HMNZS Philomel
• TSLt D C Oram RNZNVR 124th ML Flotilla First Lieutenant HDML 1186 14/5/43 TLt 22/8/44

Wartime Activities

• Royal New Zealand Navy
• 124th ML Flotilla
• 6/9/43 Made an asdic contact while on patrol off Cape Brett and dropped depth-charges, but search revealed no sign of any submarine.
• 7/45 Based at HMS Philomel

Post War History

• 5/47 Sold