M. 3, 1915
Type: Monitor ; Armament : 2 x 14", 2 x 6" AA., 2 M.G.
Displacement: 6150 tons
Disposal date or year : 20 Jan 1918 ;
Disposal Details : Sunk by Goeben off Imbross, off the Dardanelles,
Notes:
Oct 1916 based at Stavros - supporting the army - see p 370 www.naval-review.org/issues/1919-3.pdf.
M. 16, 1915
Type: Monitor ; Armament : 1 x 9.2", 1 x 3" AA., 2 M.G.
Displacement: 540 tons
Notes:
For details of vessel type see www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Janes_1919/Monitors/Monitors.html
20-21 Jan 1916 joined the Smyrna patrol : the blockade of the Turkish coast from Cape Kaba to Latitude 38.30, some 200 miles, including Smyrna. The base for our ships was at Port Iero in the Island of Mytelene - see p 549 www.naval-review.org/issues/1924-3.pdf.
1-8 Feb 1916 operations around round Sandarli Bay, off Smyrna - see p. 550-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1924-3.pdf.
21-23 Feb 1916 involved in operations against railway installations over the Mendere river - see p. 551-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1924-3.pdf.
22 Mar 1916 bombarding operations again - see p. 556->
Oct 1916 based at Stavros - supporting the army - see p 370 www.naval-review.org/issues/1919-3.pdf.
M. 17, 1915
Type: Monitor ; Armament : 1 x 9.2", 1 x 3" AA., 2 M.G.
Displacement: 540 tons
Notes:
For details of vessel type see www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Janes_1919/Monitors/Monitors.html
Circa 3 Apr 1919 arrived in the Crimea and sent with Empress to assist on the Perekop front - see p. 468 www.naval-review.org/issues/1921-3.pdf.
18 Apr 1919 at Sevastopol - see p. 470-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1921-3.pdf.
Apr 1919 On the north side of the sea of Azov - see p. 656-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1921-4.pdf.
M. 18, 1915
Type: Monitor ; Armament : 1 x 9.2", 1 x 3" AA., 2 M.G.
Displacement: 540 tons
Notes:
For details of vessel type see www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Janes_1919/Monitors/Monitors.html
Oct 1916 based at Stavros - supporting the army - see p 370 www.naval-review.org/issues/1919-3.pdf.
18 Apr 1919 at Sevastopol - see p. 470-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1921-3.pdf.
M. 19, 1915
Type: Monitor ; Armament : 1 x 9.2", 1 x 3" AA., 2 M.G.
Displacement: 540 tons
Notes:
For details of vessel type see www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Janes_1919/Monitors/Monitors.html
M. 20, 1915
Type: Monitor ; Armament : 1 x 9.2", 1 x 3" AA., 2 M.G.
Displacement: 540 tons
Notes:
For details of vessel type see www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Janes_1919/Monitors/Monitors.html
Oct 1916 based at Stavros - supporting the army - see p 370 www.naval-review.org/issues/1919-3.pdf.
M. 21, 1915
Type: Monitor ; Armament : 1 x 9.2", 1 x 3" AA., 2 M.G.
Displacement: 540 tons
Notes:
For details of vessel type see www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Janes_1919/Monitors/Monitors.html
M. 22, 1915
Type: Monitor ; Armament : 1 x 9.2", 1 x 3" AA., 2 M.G.
Displacement: 540 tons
Notes:
For details of vessel type see www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Janes_1919/Monitors/Monitors.html
12-15 Sep 1915 joined the Smyrna patrol : the blockade of the Turkish coast from Cape Kaba to Latitude 38.30, some 200 miles, including Smyrna. The base for our ships was at Port Iero in the Island of Mytelene.
14 Feb 1916 bombarding Turkish positions around Smyrna - see p. 551-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1924-3.pdf.
21-23 Feb 1916 involved in operations against railway installations over the Mendere river - see p. 551-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1924-3.pdf.
6-7 Mar 1916 bombarded the forts etc - see p. 554->
22 Mar 1916 bombarding operations again - see p. 556->
Apr 1919 On the north side of the sea of Azov - see p. 656-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1921-4.pdf.
1919 Rebuilt as a Minelayer
1 Dec 1925 Renamed Medea
M. 23, 1915
Type: Monitor ; Armament : 1 x 9.2", 1 x 3" AA., 2 M.G.
Displacement: 540 tons
Notes:
For details of vessel type see www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Janes_1919/Monitors/Monitors.html
M. 24, 1915
Type: Monitor ; Armament : 1 x 9.2", 1 x 3" AA., 2 M.G.
Displacement: 540 tons
Notes:
For details of vessel type see www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Janes_1919/Monitors/Monitors.html
M. 25, 1915
Type: Monitor ; Armament : 1 x 7.5" etc.
Displacement: 540 tons
Notes:
For details of vessel type see www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Janes_1919/Monitors/Monitors.html
Aug 1918 arrival at Archangel and subsequent action against the Bolo (Bolsheviks) - see p. 113-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1921-1.pdf
Sep 1918 further operations in the rivers - see p. 119-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1921-1.pdf
Oct 1918 preparing for winter - see p. 130-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1921-1.pdf
31 May 1919 prepared for further operations - see p. 137->.
Late Jul 1919 as the river was falling daily it was only with great struggles that the deeper draught ships of the flotilla could jump the last bars, but they all managed to get through except our poor old veteran M. 25, the deepest draught of the lot, who had to be left some five or six miles back in Red Beacon Pool
off Kourgomen - see p. 141->.
16 Sep 1919 destroyed during withdrawal as unable to cross the sand bars en route for Archangel - see p. 152->.
M. 26, 1915
Type: Monitor ; Armament : 1 - 4.7 inch, 2 - 3 inch AA., 2 - 2 pdr. pom-pom, 2 - M.G.
Displacement: 540 tons
Notes:
For details of vessel type see www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Janes_1919/Monitors/Monitors.html
21 Sep 1919 covering withdrawal down River Dvina - see p 154-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1921-1.pdf
Circa 27 Sep 1919 departed Archangel for England following the conclusion of the Archangel River Expeditionary Force.
M. 27, 1915
Type: Monitor ; Armament : 1 - 4.7 inch, 2 - 3 inch AA., 2 - 2 pdr. pom-pom, 2 - M.G.
Displacement: 540 tons
Notes:
For details of vessel type see www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Janes_1919/Monitors/Monitors.html
30 Jun 1919 operations up the River Dvina - see p. 142->.
8 Jul 1919 carried out hombardments in preparation for a counter-attack by Russian troops - see p 145->.
16 Sep 1919 destroyed during withdrawal as unable to cross the sand bars en route for Archangel - see p. 152->.
M. 28, 1915
Type: Monitor ; Armament : 1 x 9.2", 1 x 3" AA., 2 M.G.
Displacement: 540 tons
Notes:
For details of vessel type see www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Janes_1919/Monitors/Monitors.html
Oct 1916 based at Stavros - supporting the army - see p 370 www.naval-review.org/issues/1919-3.pdf.
M. 29, 1915
Type: Monitor ; Armament : 1 x 9.2", 1 x 3" AA., 2 M.G.
Displacement: 540 tons
Notes:
For details of vessel type see www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Janes_1919/Monitors/Monitors.html
Circa Nov 1915 bombarding the Turkish positions on our left flank - see p 371 www.naval-review.org/issues/1924-2.pdf.
23-24 Nov 1915 bombardment of Turkish positions - see p. 373-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1924-2.pdf.
5 Nov 1916 PO of Admiralty Trawler Bassanio visited, with lieutenant - see p 55 www.naval-review.org/issues/1918.pdf.
18 Jun 1919 bombardment of a battery at Kiet - see p. 473-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1921-3.pdf.
1 Aug 1919 departed Yalta for Otchakof to bombard Bolshevik batteries - see p. 660-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1921-4.pdf.
M. 30, 1915
Type: Monitor ; Armament : 1 x 9.2", 1 x 3" AA., 2 M.G.
Displacement: 540 tons
Notes:
For details of vessel type see www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Janes_1919/Monitors/Monitors.html
12-15 Sep 1915 joined the Smyrna patrol : the blockade of the Turkish coast from Cape Kaba to Latitude 38.30, some 200 miles, including Smyrna. The base for our ships was at Port Iero in the Island of Mytelene.
22-25 Sep 1915 shelled in Sandali Bay while making a reconnaisance and silenced the battery - see p. 155-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1924-1.pdf. Got to blows with a battery at Ali Agra.
Dec 1915 still on the Smyrna patrol - see p. 544-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1924-3.pdf.
1-8 Feb 1916 operations around round Sandarli Bay, off Smyrna - see p. 550-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1924-3.pdf.
14 Feb 1916 bombarding Turkish positions around Smyrna - see p. 551-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1924-3.pdf.
M. 31, 1915
Type: Monitor ; Armament : 2 x 6 inch, 1 x 3 inch AA. etc.
Displacement: 540 tons
Notes:
For details of vessel type see www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Janes_1919/Monitors/Monitors.html
Jun-Jul 1916 Operations in the Red Sea - guard ship at Jiddah - see p. 657-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1925-4.pdf.
1917-> lent or temporarily attached for special duties on the Red Sea Patrol - see p. 49-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1926-1.pdf.
30 Jun 1919 operations up the River Dvina - see p. 142->.
8 Jul 1919 carried out hombardments in preparation for a counter-attack by Russian troops - see p 145->.
Circa 27 Sep 1919 departed Archangel for England following the conclusion of the Archangel River Expeditionary Force.
M. 32, 1915
Type: Monitor ; Armament : 1 x 9.2", 1 x 3" AA., 2 M.G.
Displacement: 540 tons
Notes:
For details of vessel type see www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Janes_1919/Monitors/Monitors.html
Oct 1916 based at Stavros - supporting the army - see p 370 www.naval-review.org/issues/1919-3.pdf.
Dec 1915 on the Smyrna patrol - see p. 544-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1924-3.pdf - see also p. 145-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1924-1.pdf.
21-23 Feb 1916 involved in operations against railway installations over the Mendere river - see p. 551-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1924-3.pdf.
M. 33, 1915
Type: Monitor ; Armament : 1 x 6" ; 2 x 3" AA. etc.
Displacement: 540 tons
Notes:
For details of vessel type see www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Janes_1919/Monitors/Monitors.html
30 Jun 1919 operations up the River Dvina - see p. 142->.
8 Jul 1919 carried out hombardments in preparation for a counter-attack by Russian troops - see p 145->.
Jul - Aug was hit three times with heavy shell without vital damage or any
casualties. Truly this little ship bore a charmed life - see p 147->.
Circa 27 Sep 1919 departed Archangel for England following the conclusion of the Archangel River Expeditionary Force.
M.L. 196, 1915
Type: Motor Launch ; Armament : 1 x 3" AA. etc.
Displacement: 37 tons
Notes:
23 Oct 1921-> covert operations on the Danube - Ex-Emperor Karl and Ex-Empress Zita taken into exile - see p. 130-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1923-1.pdf
Dec 1921 - Mar 1922 problems with ice for the Danube Flotilla - see p. 630-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1922-4.pdf