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M29 monitors

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
M29, 12/1925 - Medusa   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 3/1915 22/5/1915 6/1915 minelayer 1/1925, repair ship Talbot 1941, sold for BU 1/9/1946
M30   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 3/1915 23/6/1915 7/1915 sunk 14/5/1916
M31, 12/1925 - Melpomene   Harland & Wolff, Belfast 3/1915 24/6/1915 7/1915 minelayer 1/1921, torpedo instruction vessel 9/1939, BU 1948
M32   Workman Clark, Belfast 3/1915 22/5/1915 6/1915 sold 1/1920
M33, 12/1925 - Minerva   Workman Clark, Belfast 3/1915 22/5/1915 6/1915 minelayer 2/1925, boom defence workshop 11/1943, hulk C23 1944, afloat 1985

 

 

 

Displacement normal, t

355

Displacement full, t

580

Length, m

54.0

Breadth, m

9.4

Draught, m

1.8

No of shafts

2

Machinery

VTE

Power, h. p.

400

Max speed, kn

9

Fuel, t

45 oil

Armour, mm

gun shields: 152

Armament

2 x 1 - 152/45 BL Mk XII, 1 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss AA

Complement

72

Ship project history: The last 5 small monitors had new 152mm guns removed from aft casemates of Queen ELizabeth class battleships.

Protection: information will be added.

Modernizations: 1919, M31, M33: - 1 x 1 - 57/40; + 1 x 1 - 76/45 QF MkI HA

Naval service: M30 was sunk by Turkish coastal batteries off Smyrna.

M29 1915

Medusa

 

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