HMS M28
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Design
Intended as a shore bombardment vessel, M28Template:'s primary armament was a single 9.2 inch Mk VI gun removed from the Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:WPSHIPS utilities/data' not found. 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.
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 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:WPSHIPS utilities/data' not found., Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:WPSHIPS utilities/data' not found., and Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:WPSHIPS utilities/data' not found. when she was attacked by two Turkish vessels. The former Template:SMS and Template:SMS 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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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Randal Gray, ed. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Conway Maritime Press. p. 48. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
References
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- 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), Template:ISBN
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