HMS M28

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS M28
Builder	Sir Raylton Dixon & Co., Middlesbrough
Laid down	1 March 1915
Launched	28 June 1915
Fate	Sunk during the Battle of Imbros on 20 January 1918
General characteristics
Class and type	M15 class monitor
Displacement	540 long tons (550 t)
Length	177 ft 3 in (54.03 m)
Beam	31 ft (9.4 m)
Draught	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Propulsion	4-shaft Bolinder 4-cylinder semi-diesel 640 hp
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement	69
Armament	1 X BL 9.2 inch Mk VI gun 1 × 12pdr (76mm) QF Mk 1 gun 1 × 6 pdr (57mm) QF MK 1 AA gun

HMS M28 was a

in 1918.

Design

Intended as a shore bombardment vessel, M28's primary armament was a single

. She was equipped with a four-shaft Bolinder four-cylinder semi-diesel engine with 640 horsepower that allowed a top speed of eleven knots. The monitor's crew consisted of sixty-nine officers and men.

Construction

HMS M28 was laid down at the

on 1 March 1915. She was then launched on 28 June 1915, and completed in August, 1915.

Career

During most of her service in the First World War M28 was attached to the

. As a result of the battle M28 was sunk and suffered 11 of her crew killed while the rest were rescued by Allied vessels.

Citations

References

• ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8
  .
• Jane's Fighting Ships of World War One
  (1919), Jane's Publishing Company
• Dittmar, F. J. & Colledge, J. J., "British Warships 1914–1919", (Ian Allan, London, 1972),
  ISBN 0-7110-0380-7

40°13′43″N 25°57′46″E / 40.22861°N 25.96278°E / 40.22861; 25.96278