H.M.S. M.22 (1915)

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H.M.S. M.22 (1915)
Pendant Number: M.22[1]
Builder: Raylton Dixon, Tees[2]
Laid down: 1915[3]
Launched: 10 Jun, 1915[4]
Commissioned: Aug, 1915[5]
Sold: Dec, 1938[6]
Fate: stranded off Cornwall[7]

H.M.S. M 22 was one of 19 "M" class monitors completed for the Royal Navy.

In 1925, she was renamed H.M.S. Medea.

Service

The monitor paid off at Malta, 28 October, 1919.[8]

Commissioned at Devonport on 28 July, 1920.[9]

She was re-commissioned as H.M.S. Medea at Portsmouth on 25 March, 1927.[10]

Medea was reduced to Reserve Complement on 17 January, 1936.[11]

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. 47.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 47.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 104.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 47.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 104.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 104.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1920). p. 804.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 252.
  10. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 254.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 255.
  12. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395i.
  13. Castle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/119. f. 131.
  14. The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 838.
  15. Castle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/119. f. 131.
  16. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, February 3, 1920, Issue 42324, p.6.
  17. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 805.
  18. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 252.
  19. Dunne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/14. f. 14.
  20. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 255.
  21. Dunne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/14. f. 14.
  22. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 255.
  23. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 254.
  24. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 253.
  25. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 255.

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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