M29 class monitor

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Class overview
Name: M29
Operators: RN Ensign Royal Navy
Completed: Five
Lost: One
Preserved: One
General characteristics
Class and type: monitor
Displacement: 535 tons
Length: 170 ft (52 m)
Beam: 31 ft (9.4 m)
Draught: 6 ft 9 in (2.1 m)
Propulsion: Triple expansion
Twin screws
Yarrow oil fuel 45 tons boilers
400 hp (300 kW)
Speed: 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement: 75
Armament:
  • 2 x 6 in (152 mm) guns
  • 1 x 6 pdr A/A
  • 1 x 3 inch (76 mm) AA for M31 and M33
Armour:
  • 1–3 in magazine box protection
  • 2.25 in belt
  • 1 in deck, turrets and bulkheads

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.

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