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'''H.M.S. ''M 31''''' was one of 19 [[M Class Monitor (1915)|"M" class monitors]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
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'''H.M.S. ''M 31''''' was one of nineteen [[M Class Monitor (1915)|"M" class monitors]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
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In 1922 she was renamed '''H.M.S. ''Melpomene''''' and converted to use as a minelayer.
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In 1941, she was renamed '''H.M.S. ''Menelaus'''''.
  
 
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Commissioned on 1 May 1923 with Special Complement.{{NLApr25|p. 253}}
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The ship was commissioned on 1 May 1923 with Special Complement.  By 1934, at least, she was in Devonport.{{NLJul34|p. 255}}
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Becher Caldwell Hutchinson|nick=Reginald B. C. Hutchinson|appt=20 June, 1918<ref>Hutchinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/136.|D7603843}} f. 341.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 838}}|end=21 December, 1918<ref>Hutchinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/136.|D7603843}} f. 341.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Becher Caldwell Hutchinson|nick=Reginald B. C. Hutchinson|appt=20 June, 1918<ref>Hutchinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/136.|D7603843}} f. 341.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 838}}|end=21 December, 1918<ref>Hutchinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/136.|D7603843}} f. 341.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis Leonard Back|nick=Francis L. Back|appt=17 April, 1919|end=28 February, 1920}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=John Henry Evans|nick=John H. Evans|appt=22 December, 1940<ref>Evans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/156/718.|}}  f. 606.</ref>|end=30 June, 1946<ref>Evans Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/156/718.|}}  f. 606.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Menelaus''}}
 
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Latest revision as of 18:27, 11 June 2022

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
<– Abercrombie Class Monitors (UK) Lord Clive Class –>
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