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The nineteen '''"M" Class Monitors''' were launched in 1915.  Fourteen of them had a 9.2-in gun, and five had two 6-in guns.

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! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 19 vessels
|-
| colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>
|-
! align=center | Name 
! align=center | Builder 
! align=center | Laid Down 
! align=center | Launched 
! align=center | Completed 
! align=center | Fate
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-M15}}
|[[William Gray & Company]], Tees
|1915
|28 Apr, 1915
|Jun, 1915
|Torpedoed 11 Nov, 1917
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-M16}}
|[[William Gray & Company]], Tees
|1915
|3 May, 1915
|Jun, 1915
|Sold 29 Jan, 1920
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-M17}}
|[[William Gray & Company]], Tees
|1915
|12 May, 1915
|Jul, 1915
|Sold 12 May, 1920
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-M18}}
|[[William Gray & Company]], Tees
|1915
|15 May, 1915
|Jul, 1915
|Sold 29 Jan, 1920
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-M19}}
|[[Raylton Dixon]], Tees
|1915
|4 May, 1915
|Jun, 1915
|Sold 12 May, 1920
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-M20}}
|[[Raylton Dixon]], Tees
|1915
|11 May, 1915
|Jul, 1915
|Sold 29 Jan, 1920
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-M21}}
|[[Raylton Dixon]], Tees
|1915
|27 May, 1915
|Jul, 1915
|Mined 20 Oct, 1918
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-M22}}
|[[Raylton Dixon]], Tees
|1915
|10 Jun, 1915
|Aug, 1915
|Sold Dec, 1938
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-M23}}
|[[Raylton Dixon]], Tees
|1915
|17 Jun, 1915
|Jul, 1915
|Broken up 21 Apr, 1959
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-M24}}
|[[Raylton Dixon]], Tees
|1915
|9 Aug, 1915
|4 Oct, 1915
|Sunk 29 Sep, 1936
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-M25}}
|[[Raylton Dixon]], Tees
|1915
|24 Jul, 1915
|Sep, 1915
|Scuttled 16 Sep, 1919
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-M26}}
|[[Raylton Dixon]], Tees
|1915
|24 Aug, 1915
|Oct, 1915
|Sold 29 Jan, 1920
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-M27}}
|[[Raylton Dixon]], Tees
|1915
|8 Sep, 1915
|Nov, 1915
|Scuttled 16 Sep, 1919
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-M28}}
|[[Raylton Dixon]], Tees
|1915
|28 Jun, 1915
|Aug, 1915
|Sunk 20 Jan, 1918
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-M29}}
|[[Harland & Wolff]], Belfast
|Mar, 1915
|22 May, 1915
|Jun, 1915
|Sold 9 Sep, 1946
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-M30}}
|[[Harland & Wolff]], Belfast
|Mar, 1915
|23 Jun, 1915
|Jul, 1915
|Sunk 13 May, 1916
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-M31}}
|[[Harland & Wolff]], Belfast
|Mar, 1915
|24 Jun, 1915
|Jul, 1915
|Broken up 1948
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-M32}}
|[[Workman Clark & Company]], Belfast
|Mar, 1915
|22 May, 1915
|Jun, 1915
|Sold 29 Jan, 1920
|- align=left
| {{Template:UK-M33}}
|[[Workman Clark & Company]], Belfast
|Mar, 1915
|22 May, 1915
|Jun, 1915
|Preserved 
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==Armament==
The ships were armed as follows.{{UKTHVol4Part28|pp. 31, 32, 36}}

'''As built:'''

{{UK-M15}}, {{UK-M16}}, {{UK-M17}}, {{UK-M18}}:
* one 9.2-in B.L. Mark X gun on an altered Mark V mounting
* one 12-pdr 18 cwt gun on P. V mounting on quarterdeck
* one Hotchkiss 6-pdr H.A. gun
* two Maxim machine guns

These first four used spare 9.2-in guns and mountings for the [[Drake Class Cruiser (1901)|''Drake'']] and [[Cressy Class Cruiser (1899)|''Cressy'' class]], converted to provide 30 degree elevation.

{{UK-M19}}, {{UK-M20}}, {{UK-M21}}, {{UK-M22}}, {{UK-M23}}, {{UK-M24}}, {{UK-M25}}, {{UK-M26}}, {{UK-M27}}, {{UK-M28}}:
* one 9.2-in B.L. Mark VIII gun on an altered C.P. III mounting
* one 12-pdr 18 cwt gun on P. V mounting on quarterdeck
* one Hotchkiss 6-pdr H.A. gun
* two Maxim machine guns

These ten ships used 9.2-in guns removed from the [[Edgar Class Cruiser (1890)|''Edgar'' class]] and altered to provide 30 degree elevation.

{{UK-M29}}, {{UK-M30}}, {{UK-M31}}, {{UK-M32}}, {{UK-M33}}:
* two 6-in B.L. Mark XII on P. IX mountings
* one 12-pdr 18 cwt gun on P. V mounting on quarterdeck
* two Hotchkiss 6-pdr H.A. gun
* four Maxim machine guns

These ships got their 6-in guns from those aft-most pairs that were not mounted in the [[Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship (1913)|''Queen Elizabeth'' class]] battleships.

'''In November 1918:'''

{{UK-M21}}, {{UK-M23}}, {{UK-M24}}, {{UK-M25}}, {{UK-M26}}:
* one 7.5-in

These guns were formerly from {{UK-Swiftsure|f=p}}.

{{UK-M27}}:
* one 6-in B.L.

Others:  unchanged.

==See Also==
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M15_class_monitor}}

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
{{refbegin}}
*{{Buxton1978}}
*{{DirectorH}}
*{{FCHMShips}}
{{refend}}

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