M29 class monitor

M29 class monitor

The "M29"-class comprised five monitors of the Royal Navy, all built and launched during 1915.

The ships of this class were ordered in March, 1915, as part of the Emergency War Programme of ship construction. The contract for construction was granted to Harland & Wolff, Belfast, who sub-contracted the construction of the "M29" and "M31" to Workman Clark Limited.

Ships of the Class

*"M29" - Launched on May 22, 1915 and later renamed HMS "Medusa" and HMS "Talbot", she was sold in 1946.
*"M30" - Launched on June 23, 1915 and sunk on May 14, 1916.
*"M31" - Launched on June 24, 1915 and broken up for scrap in 1948.
*"M32" - Launched on May 22, 1915 and sold in January, 1920.
*"M33" - Launched on May 22, 1915, is one of a number of World War I-era warships in existence today and is located in dry-dock near HMS "Victory" at Portsmouth Naval Base.

References

*Colledge
*Jane's Fighting Ships of World War One (1919), Jane's Publishing Company


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