H.M.S. M.31 (1915)

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H.M.S. M.31 (1915)
Pendant Number: M.31[1]
Builder: Harland & Wolff, Belfast[2]
Laid down: Mar, 1915[3]
Launched: 24 Jun, 1915[4]
Commissioned: Jul, 1915[5]
Broken up: 1948[6]
Fate: by Rees, Llanelly[7]

H.M.S. M 31 was one of nineteen "M" class monitors completed for the Royal Navy.

In 1922 she was renamed H.M.S. Melpomene and converted to use as a minelayer.

In 1941, she was renamed H.M.S. Menelaus.

Service

The ship was commissioned on 1 May 1923 with Special Complement. By 1934, at least, she was in Devonport.[8]

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. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 104.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 255.
  9. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395j.
  10. Hutchinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/136. f. 341.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 838.
  12. Hutchinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/136. f. 341.
  13. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 780.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 252.
  15. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 229.
  16. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/156/718. f. 606.
  17. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/156/718. f. 606.

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
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