- M29 class monitor
The "M29"-class comprised five monitors of the
Royal Navy , all built and launched during1915 .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 onJune 23 ,1915 and sunk onMay 14 ,1916 .
*"M31" - Launched onJune 24 ,1915 and broken up for scrap in 1948.
*"M32" - Launched onMay 22 ,1915 and sold in January, 1920.
*"M33" - Launched onMay 22 ,1915 , is one of a number ofWorld 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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