HMS M28
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| 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 & 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 |
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| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement | 69 |
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HMS M28 was a First World War Royal Navy M15-class monitor. She was sunk during the Battle of Imbros in 1918.
Intended as a shore bombardment vessel, M28's primary armament was a single 9.2 inch Mk VI gun removed from the Edgar-class cruiser HMS Grafton.[1] In addition to her 9.2-inch gun, she also possessed one 12 pounder and one six-pound anti-aircraft gun. 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 Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd shipyard at Middlesbrough on 1 March 1915. She was then launched on 28 June 1915, and completed in August 1915.
