Q&A · 1:30:49-1:31:20

Was the Fairmile B built in India?

A production-geography question receives a cautious answer: the notes checked during the talk list several Commonwealth countries, but no Fairmile B construction in India.

Question

Were any Fairmile B motor launches built in India?

Short answer

The notes checked during the talk list construction in New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa, but no Indian build.

Notes

The answer comes from the notes available during the talk and remains deliberately qualified. No Indian Fairmile B build appears in those notes. They do identify construction in New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa, along with boats salvaged by Japanese forces. An absence from one production list does not prove that no Indian example ever existed.