M29 class monitor
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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.
The main armament of the ships, 2 6-inch Mk XII guns
, came from guns originally intended for the five Queen Elizabeth class battleship
s which became surplus when their aft casemate mountings turned out to be unworkable and were dispensed with.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
, 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
Harland and Wolff
Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries is a Northern Irish heavy industrial company, specialising in shipbuilding and offshore construction, located in Belfast, Northern Ireland....
, Belfast
Belfast
Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
, who sub-contracted the construction of the M29 and M31 to Workman Clark Limited.
The main armament of the ships, 2 6-inch Mk XII guns
BL 6 inch Mk XII naval gun
The BL 6 inch Gun Mark XII was a British 45 calibres naval gun which was mounted as primary armament on light cruisers and secondary armament on dreadnought battleships commissioned in the period 1914 - 1926, and remained in service on many warships until the end of World War II.-Design:This was a...
, came from guns originally intended for the five Queen Elizabeth class battleship
Queen Elizabeth class battleship
The Queen Elizabeth-class battleships were a class of five super-dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy. The lead ship was named after Elizabeth I of England...
s which became surplus when their aft casemate mountings turned out to be unworkable and were dispensed with.
Ships of the Class
- M29HMS M29HMS M29 was a Royal Navy M29 class monitor of the First World War.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...
- Launched on May 22, 1915 and later renamed HMS Medusa and HMS Talbot, she was sold in 1946. - M30HMS M30HMS M30 was a Royal Navy M29 class monitor of the First World War.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...
- Launched on June 23, 1915 and sunk on May 14, 1916. - M31HMS M31HMS M31 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 M31 and her...
- Launched on June 24, 1915 and broken up for scrap in 1948. - M32HMS M32HMS 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...
- Launched on May 22, 1915 and sold in January, 1920. - M33HMS M33HMS M33 is an M29-class monitor of the Royal Navy built in 1915. She saw active service in the Mediterranean during World War I and in Russia during the Allied Intervention in 1919...
- 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 VictoryHMS VictoryHMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805....
at Portsmouth Naval BaseHMNB PortsmouthHer Majesty's Naval Base Portsmouth is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the British Royal Navy...
.