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'''H.M.S. ''M 29''''' was one of 19 [[M Class Monitor (1915)|"M" class monitors]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
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'''H.M.S. ''M 29''''' was one of nineteen [[M Class Monitor (1915)|"M" class monitors]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
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In 1925, she was renamed '''H.M.S. ''Medusa'''''.
  
 
==Service==
 
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Commissioned 15 January, 1925.{{NLApr25|p. 253}}
 
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Commissioned at Malta with reduced crew on 29 May, 1925.{{NLJul27|p. 255}}
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Reduced to C. & M. Party at Malta on 26 September, 1928.{{NLJul34|p. 255}}
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''Medusa'' was paid off into Reserve at Malta on 6 August, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 255}}
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cyril Callaghan|nick=Cyril Callaghan|appt=5 June, 1915<ref>Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/130.|D7603637}}  f. 130.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 395''j''}}|end=May, 1918<ref>Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/130.|D7603637}}  f. 130.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Harry Bunyard|nick=Reginald H. Bunyard|appt=26 April, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 255}}|end=July, 1927|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Medusa''}}
 
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Revision as of 07:57, 27 July 2020

H.M.S. M.29 (1915)
Pendant Number: M.29[1]
Builder: Harland & Wolff, Belfast[2]
Laid down: Mar, 1915[3]
Launched: 22 May, 1915[4]
Commissioned: Jun, 1915[5]
Sold: 9 Sep, 1946[6]
Fate: Broken up

H.M.S. M 29 was one of nineteen "M" class monitors completed for the Royal Navy.

In 1925, she was renamed H.M.S. Medusa.

Service

Commissioned 15 January, 1925.[7]

Commissioned at Malta with reduced crew on 29 May, 1925.[8]

Reduced to C. & M. Party at Malta on 26 September, 1928.[9]

Medusa was paid off into Reserve at Malta on 6 August, 1936.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 104.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 48.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 48.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 104.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 48.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 104.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 253.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 255.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 255.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 255.
  11. Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/130. f. 130.
  12. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395j.
  13. Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/130. f. 130.
  14. The Navy List. (January, 1920). p. 805.
  15. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 255.
  16. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 255.

Bibliography


"M" Class Monitor
Mounting Single 9.2-in Gun
M.15 M.16 M.17 M.18 M.19
M.20 M.21 M.22 M.23 M.24
  M.25 M.26 M.27 M.28  
Mounting Two 6-in Guns
M.29 M.30 M.31 M.32 M.33
<– Abercrombie Class Monitors (UK) Lord Clive Class –>