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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 and Company. The main armament of the ships, two 6-inch Mk XII guns, came from guns originally intended for the five s which became surplus when their aft casemate mountings turned out to be unworkable and were dispensed with. == Ships of the class == * HMS ''M29'' - launched on May 22, 1915 and later renamed ''Medusa'' and ''Talbot'', she was sold in 1946. * HMS ''M30'' - launched on June 23, 1915, and sunk on May 14, 1916. * HMS ''M31'' - launched on June 24, 1915, and broken up for scrap in 1948. * HMS ''M32'' - launched on May 22, 1915, and sold in January 1920. * HMS ''M33'' - launched on May 22, 1915, is one of a number of World War I-era warships in existence today and is located in dry-dock near HMS ''Victory'' at Portsmouth Naval Base. She is currently being restored and was to be opened to the public in August 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「M29-class monitor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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