HMS M28
{{Short description|First World War}}
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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.
Design
Intended as a shore bombardment vessel, M28{{'}}s primary armament was a single 9.2 inch Mk VI gun removed from the {{sclass|Edgar|cruiser}} HMS Grafton.{{cite book | title = Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921 | editor = Randal Gray | year = 1985 | isbn = 0-85177-245-5 | publisher= Conway Maritime Press | page = 48}} 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.
Career
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During most of her service in the First World War M28 was attached to the Aegean Squadron and tasked with coastal bombardment of Turkish positions. On 21 October 1915 she bombarded the Bulgarian port of Dedeagatch. On 20 January 1918, she had been stationed at Kusu Bay on the island of Imbros along with {{HMS|Raglan}}, {{HMS|Lizard|1911|6}}, and {{HMS|Tigress|1911|6}} when she was attacked by two Turkish vessels. The former {{SMS|Goeben}} and {{SMS|Breslau}} managed to trap M28 and Raglan in the bay and engage them in what became known as the Battle of Imbros. As a result of the battle M28 was sunk and suffered 11 of her crew killed while the rest were rescued by Allied vessels.
Citations
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References
- {{Cite Colledge2006}}
- Jane's Fighting Ships of World War One (1919), Jane's Publishing Company
- Dittmar, F. J. & Colledge, J. J., "British Warships 1914–1919", (Ian Allan, London, 1972), {{ISBN|0-7110-0380-7}}
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{{January 1918 shipwrecks}}
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Category:World War I monitors of the United Kingdom
Category:Royal Navy ship names
Category:Ships built on the River Clyde