HMS M30
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| Name: | HMS M30 |
| Builder: | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Laid down: | March 1915 |
| Launched: | June 23, 1915 |
| Fate: | Sunk by shore batteries Gulf of Smyrna May 14, 1916 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | M29 class monitor |
| Displacement: | 580 tons deep load |
| Length: | 177 ft 3 in (54.0 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Draught: | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | Triple expansion. Twin screws. Yarrow oil fuel 45 tons boilers. 400 hp (300 kW) |
| Speed: | 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Complement: | 72 |
| Armament: | 2 x 6 in (152 mm)/45 cal BL Mk XII guns 1 x 6 pdr A/A |
| Armour: | 6 in on gun shield |
HMS 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. HMS M30 and her sisters were ordered from Harland & Wolff, Belfast in March 1915. Launched on June 23, 1915, she was completed in July 1915.
Upon completion, HMS M30 was sent to the Mediterranean. Whilst enforcing the Allied blockade in the Gulf of Smyrna, HMS M30 came under fire from Turkish shore batteries, and was sunk on May 14, 1916.
[edit] 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
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