HMS M32

HMS M32 was an M29-class monitor of the Royal Navy.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS M32
Ordered	15 March 1915
Builder	Workman Clark, Belfast for Harland and Wolff
Yard number	488
Laid down	March 1915
Launched	22 May 1915
Completed	20 June 1915
Fate	Sold 29 January 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	M29-class monitor
Displacement	580 tons deep load
Length	177 ft 3 in (54.03 m)
Beam	31 ft (9.4 m)
Draught	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Propulsion	Triple expansion. Twin screws. Yarrow oil fuel 45 tons boilers. 400 hp (300 kW)
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement	72
Armament	2 × BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) Mk XII guns 1 × 6-pounder AA
Armour	6 in on gun shield

The availability of ten 6 inch Mk XII guns from the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships in 1915 prompted the Admiralty to order five scaled down versions of the M15-class monitors, which had been designed to use 9.2 inch guns. HMS M32 and her sisters were ordered from Harland & Wolff, Belfast in March 1915. However, HMS M32 and her sister HMS M33 were sub-contracted to the nearby Workman Clark Limited shipyard. Launched on 22 May 1915, she was completed in June 1915.

Upon completion, HMS M32 was sent to the Mediterranean. She later took part in the Battle of Jaffa and remained there until March, 1919. She served from May to September 1919 in support of British and White Russian forces in the White Sea, before returning to England.

HMS M32 was sold on 29 January 1920 for use as an oil tanker, and named Ampat.

References

• Dittmar, F. J. & Colledge, J. J., "British Warships 1914-1919", (Ian Allan, London, 1972), ISBN 0-7110-0380-7
• Gray, Randal (ed), "Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921", (Conway Maritime Press, London, 1985), ISBN 0-85177-245-5