HMS M32

HMS "M32" was an "M29" class monitor of the Royal Navy.

The availability of ten 6 inch Mk XII guns from the "Queen Elizabeth" class battleships in 1915 prompted the Admiralty to order five scaled down versions of the "M15" class monitors, which had been designed to utilise 9.2 inch guns. HMS "M32" and her sisters were ordered from Harland & Wolff, Belfast in March 1915. However, HMS "M32" and her sister HMS "M33" were sub-contracted to the nearby Workman Clark Limited shipyard. Launched on May 22 1915, she was completed in June 1915.

Upon completion, HMS "M32" was sent to the Mediterranean, and remained there until March, 1919. She served from May to September 1919 in support of British and White Russian forces in the White Sea, before returning to England.

HMS "M32" was sold on January 29, 1920 for use as an oil tanker, and named "Ampat".

References

* Dittmar, F. J. & Colledge, J. J., "British Warships 1914-1919", (Ian Allen, London, 1972), ISBN 0-7110-0380-7
* Gray, Randal (ed), "Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships, 1906-1921", (Conway Maritime Press, London, 1985), ISBN 0-85177-245-5