List of monitors of the Royal Navy
This is a list of monitors of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.
Key
Main guns | The number and type of the main battery guns |
Displacement | Ship displacement at standard combat load |
Propulsion | Number of shafts , type of propulsion system
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Laid down | The date the keel began to be assembled |
Commissioned | The date the ship was commissioned |
Fate | The fate of the ship |
Humber-class
The Humber-class monitors were three
Ship | Main guns | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
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Laid down | Acquired | Fate | ||||
HMS Humber (ex-Javary) | 2 × 6 in (15 cm) | 1,260 long tons (1,280 t) | 2 × shafts triple expansion engines 2 × boilers |
24 Aug 1912 | 8 Aug 1914 | Sold to F. Rijsdijk 17 Sep 1920 for use as a crane lighter |
HMS Mersey (ex-Madeira) | 2 × 6 in (15 cm) | 1,260 long tons (1,280 t) | 2 × shafts triple expansion engines 2 × boilers |
24 Aug 1912 | 3 Aug 1914 | Sold for scrap 1921 |
HMS Severn (ex-Solimoes) | 2 × 6 in (15 cm) | 1,260 long tons (1,280 t) | 2 × shafts triple expansion engines 2 × boilers |
24 Aug 1912 | 8 Aug 1914 | Sold for scrap 9 May 1921 |
Abercrombie-class
The Abercrombie-class monitors came about when
Ship | Main guns | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
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Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
HMS Abercrombie | 2 × 14 in (36 cm) | 6,150 long tons (6,250 t) | 2 × vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines 2 × boilers |
12 Dec 1914 | 1 May 1915 | Sold for scrap 25 Jun 1927 |
HMS Havelock | 2 × 14 in (36 cm) | 6,150 long tons (6,250 t) | 2 × vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines 2 × boilers |
12 Dec 1914 | May 1915 | Sold for scrap 25 Jun 1921 |
HMS Raglan | 2 × 14 in (36 cm) | 6,150 long tons (6,250 t) | 2 × vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines 2 × boilers |
1 Dec 1914 | May 1915 | Sunk 20 Jan 1918 |
HMS Roberts | 2 × 14 in (36 cm) | 6,150 long tons (6,250 t) | 2 × vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines 2 × boilers |
17 Dec 1914 | 21 May 1915 | Sold for scrap Sep 1936 |
Lord Clive-class
The Lord Clive-class monitors, sometimes referred to as the General Wolfe-class, were built to meet the need for more shore bombardment ships, using twin 12-inch (305 mm) gun turrets taken from decommissioned
Ship | Main guns | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
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Laid down | Acquired | Fate | ||||
HMS Lord Clive | 2 × 12 in (30 cm) later also 1 × 18 in (46 cm) |
6,150 long tons (6,250 t) | 2 × shafts reciprocating steam engines 2 × boilers |
9 January 1915 | 10 July 1915 | Sold for scrap 10 October 1927 |
HMS General Craufurd | 2 × 12 in (30 cm) | 6,150 long tons (6,250 t) | 2 × shafts reciprocating steam engines 2 × boilers |
9 January 1915 | 26 August 1915 | Sold for scrap 1921 |
HMS Earl of Peterborough | 2 × 12 in (30 cm) | 6,150 long tons (6,250 t) | 2 × shafts reciprocating steam engines 2 × boilers |
16 January 1915 | 23 September 1915 | Sold for scrap 1921 |
HMS Sir Thomas Picton | 2 × 12 in (30 cm) | 6,150 long tons (6,250 t) | 2 × shafts reciprocating steam engines 2 × boilers |
16 January 1915 | 30 September 1915 | Sold for scrap 1921 |
HMS Prince Eugene | 2 × 12 in (30 cm) conversion to 1 × 18 in (46 cm) incomplete at armistice |
6,150 long tons (6,250 t) | 2 × shafts reciprocating steam engines 2 × boilers |
1 February 1915 | September 1915 | Sold for scrap 1921 |
HMS Prince Rupert | 2 × 12 in (30 cm) | 6,150 long tons (6,250 t) | 2 × shafts reciprocating steam engines 2 × boilers |
12 January 1915 | May 1915 | Sold for scrap 1923 |
HMS Sir John Moore | 2 × 12 in (30 cm) | 6,150 long tons (6,250 t) | 2 × shafts reciprocating steam engines 2 × boilers |
13 January 1915 | May 1915 | Sold for scrap 1921 |
HMS General Wolfe | 2 × 12 in (30 cm) later also 1 × 18 in (46 cm) |
6,150 long tons (6,250 t) | 2 × shafts reciprocating steam engines 2 × boilers |
January 1915 | 27 October 1915 | Sold for scrap 1923 |
Marshal Ney-class
The Marshal Ney-class monitors were built to use the two modern 15-inch turrets made available by the redesign of Renown and Repulse as battlecruisers.
Ship | Main guns | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
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Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
HMS Marshal Soult | 2 × 15 in (38 cm) | 6,670 long tons (6,780 t) | 2 × shafts Diesel engines |
August 1918 | Sold for scrap 10 July 1946 | |
HMS Marshal Ney | 2 × 15 in (38 cm) | 6,670 long tons (6,780 t) | 2 × shafts Diesel engines |
August 1915 | Sold for scrap 1957 |
Gorgon-class
The Gorgon-class monitors were originally built as coastal defence ships for the Royal Norwegian Navy, but requisitioned for British use.
Ship | Main guns | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
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Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
HMS Gorgon (ex-Nidaros) | 2 × 9.2 in (23 cm) | 5,746 long tons (5,838 t) | 2 × shafts Vertical triple-expansion steam engines 4 × boilers |
11 June 1913 | 1 May 1918 | Sold for scrap 26 August 1928 |
HMS Glatton (ex-Bjørgvin) | 2 × 9.2 in (23 cm) | 5,746 long tons (5,838 t) | 2 × shafts Vertical triple-expansion steam engines 4 × boilers |
26 May 1913 | 31 August 1918 | Wrecked by explosion 16 September 1918, 79 killed |
M15-class
The M15-class monitors were fourteen ships ordered in March 1915, as part of the
.Ship | Main guns | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
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Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
HMS M15 | 1 × 9.2 in (23 cm) | 540 long tons (550 t) | 4 × shafts 4-cylinder semi-diesel engines |
1 March 1915 | June 1915 | Sunk by UC-38 on 11 November 1917, 26 killed. |
HMS M16 | 1 × 9.2 in (23 cm) | 540 long tons (550 t) | 4 × shafts 4-cylinder semi-diesel engines |
1 March 1915 | June 1915 | Sold 29 January 1920 |
HMS M17 | 1 × 9.2 in (23 cm) | 540 long tons (550 t) | 4 × shafts 4-cylinder semi-diesel engines |
1 March 1915 | June 1915 | Sold 12 May 1920 |
HMS M18 | 1 × 9.2 in (23 cm) | 540 long tons (550 t) | 4 × shafts 4-cylinder semi-diesel engines |
1 March 1915 | July 1915 | Sold 29 January 1920 |
HMS M19 | 1 × 9.2 in (23 cm) | 540 long tons (550 t) | 4 × shafts 4-cylinder semi-diesel engines |
1 March 1915 | June 1915 | Sold 12 May 1920 |
HMS M20 | 1 × 9.2 in (23 cm) | 540 long tons (550 t) | 4 × shafts 4-cylinder semi-diesel engines |
1 March 1915 | July 1915 | Sold 29 January 1920 |
HMS M21 | 1 × 9.2 in (23 cm) later 1 × 7.5 in (19 cm) |
540 long tons (550 t) | 2 × shafts Triple Expansion steam engines |
1 March 1915 | July 1915 | Sunk 20 October 1918 off Dover |
HMS M22 (later HMS Medea) | 1 × 9.2 in (23 cm) | 540 long tons (550 t) | 2 × shafts Triple Expansion steam engines |
1 March 1915 | August 1915 | Converted to a minelayer in 1920, renamed HMS Medea 1925, became a training ship 1937, sold 1938, wrecked 2 January 1939 |
HMS M23 (later RNVR Claverhouse) | 1 × 9.2 in (23 cm) later 1 × 7.5 in (19 cm) |
540 long tons (550 t) | 4 × shafts 4-cylinder semi-diesel engines |
1 March 1915 | July 1915 | Became a Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve drillship, and was renamed Claverhouse in 1922, sold 1959
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HMS M24 | 1 × 9.2 in (23 cm) later 1 × 7.5 in (19 cm) |
540 long tons (550 t) | 4 × shafts Campbell 4-cylinder paraffin engines |
1 March 1915 | August 1915 | Sold 29 January 1920 for conversion to a mercantile oil tanker, and renamed Satoe |
HMS M25 | 1 × 9.2 in (23 cm) later 1 × 7.5 in (19 cm) |
540 long tons (550 t) | 4 × shafts 4-cylinder semi-diesel engines |
1 March 1915 | September 1915 | Scuttled in the Dvina River 16 September 1919 |
HMS M26 | 1 × 9.2 in (23 cm) later 1 × 7.5 in (19 cm) |
540 long tons (550 t) | 4 × shafts 4-cylinder semi-diesel engines |
1 March 1915 | October 1915 | Sold 29 January 1920 |
HMS M27 | 1 × 9.2 in (23 cm) later 1 × 6 in (15 cm) |
540 long tons (550 t) | 4 × shafts 4-cylinder semi-diesel engines |
1 March 1915 | November 1915 | Scuttled in the Dvina River 16 September 1919 |
HMS M28 | 1 × 9.2 in (23 cm) later 1 × 6 in (15 cm) |
540 long tons (550 t) | 4 × shafts 4-cylinder semi-diesel engines |
1 March 1915 | August 1915 | Sunk during the Battle of Imbros on 20 January 1918, 11 killed
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M29-class
The M29-class monitors were five ships ordered in March 1915, as part of the War Emergency Programme of ship construction.
Ship | Main guns | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
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Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
HMS M29 (later HMS Medusa, HMS Talbot & HMS Medway II) | 2 × 6 in (15 cm) | 535 long tons (544 t) | 4 × shafts Triple expansion engines. Oil fuel 45 tons boilers |
1 March 1915 | June 1915 | Converted to minelayer and renames HMS Medusa in 1925, converted to a repair ship and became the depot ship and renames HMS Talbot in 1941, again renamed HMS Medway II in 1944, sold in December 1946 for breaking |
HMS M30 | 2 × 6 in (15 cm) | 535 long tons (544 t) | 4 × shafts Triple expansion engines. Oil fuel 45 tons boilers |
1 March 1915 | July 1915 | Sunk by shore batteries at the Gulf of Smyrna 14 May 1916
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HMS M31 (later HMS Melpomene, then HMS Menelaus) | 2 × 6 in (15 cm) | 535 long tons (544 t) | 4 × shafts Triple expansion engines. Oil fuel 45 tons boilers |
1 March 1915 | July 1915 | Converted to minelayer in 1923, renamed HMS Melpomene in 1925, converted to a torpedo training vessel in 1939, renamed HMS Menelaus in 1941, in 1944, sold in 1948 for breaking |
HMS M32 | 2 × 6 in (15 cm) | 535 long tons (544 t) | 4 × shafts Triple expansion engines. Oil fuel 45 tons boilers |
1 March 1915 | June 1915 | Sold in January 1920 for use as an oil tanker, and named Ampat |
HMS M33 (later HMS Minerva and Hulk C23) | 2 × 6 in (15 cm) | 535 long tons (544 t) | 4 × shafts Triple expansion engines. Oil fuel 45 tons boilers |
1 March 1915 | June 1915 | Converted to mine-laying training ship and was renamed HMS Minerva in 1925, later became a fuelling hulk and boom defence workshop, renamed Hulk C23, currently museum ship at Portsmouth |
Erebus-class
The Erebus-class monitors were two ships mounting a single twin
Ship | Main guns | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
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Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
HMS Erebus | 2 × 15 in (38 cm) | 8,000 long tons (8,100 t) | 2 × shafts 4 x oil-fired boilers |
12 October 1915 | 2 September 1916 | Scrapped July 1946 |
HMS Terror | 2 × 15 in (38 cm) | 8,000 long tons (8,100 t) | 2 × shafts 4 x oil-fired boilers |
26 October 1915 | 6 August 1916 | Sunk 23 February 1941 off Derna, Libya |
Roberts-class
The Roberts-class monitors were two ships mounting a single twin
Ship | Main guns | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
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Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
HMS Roberts | 2 × 15 in (38 cm) | 7,970 long tons (8,100 t) | 2 × shafts 2 × Parsons steam turbines 2 × boilers |
30 April 1940 | 27 October 1941 | Sold for scrap June 1965 |
HMS Abercrombie | 2 × 15 in (38 cm) | 8,536 long tons (8,673 t) | 2 × shafts 2 × Parsons steam turbines 2 × boilers |
26 April 1941 | 5 May 1943 | Scrapped 24 December 1954 |
See also
References
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.