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==Military use in the UK==
{{main|Motor Launch}}
''Motor Launch'' was the designation for a type of vessel used in [[World War I]] and [[World War II]] by the [[Royal Navy]] and some other navies{{citation needed|date=October 2014}} for inshore work defending harbours ([[Harbour defence motor launch]]) and defending the coast from submarines. The World War II boats were typically {{convert|60|to|115|ft|m|adj=
The Royal Air Force used various boats to support flying boats and to rescue the crews of aircraft that had crashed at sea. The [[Royal Air Force Marine Branch|RAF]] [[High-speed launch|High Speed Launches]], such as the [[Type Two 63 ft HSL]], of World War II were derivatives of motor torpedo boat designs.
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