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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS M29 |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Yard number | 485 |
| Laid down | March 1915 |
| Launched | 22 May 1915 |
| Completed | 20 June 1915 |
| Fate | Sold 1946 for breaking at Dover; resold and rebuilt as merchantman. Scrapped 1974. |
| 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 boilers, 45 tons oil fuel. 400 hp (300 kW) |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 72 |
| Armament |
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| Armour | 6 in on gun shield |
HMS M29 was a Royal Navy M29-class monitor of the First World War. The ship was constructed by Harland & Wolff, in Belfast and launched on 22 May 1915, she was completed in June 1915. During World War I, the monitor served in the Mediterranean Sea at the Battle of Jaffa in 1917 and took part in operations in support of British and White Russian forces in the White Sea during the Russian Civil War in 1919. The ship was then converted to a minelayer and renamed HMS Medusa in 1925. In 1941 Medusa was converted to a repair and depot ship and was renamed HMS Talbot, then renamed HMS Medway II in 1944. In 1946, the vessel was sold for scrap.
However, the ship was given a reprieve and acquired by a Greek shipowner who rebuilt the vessel as a cargo ship in 1950–1951. The ship, renamed Gerogeorgakis was used for smuggling and was seized off Cavallo Island in 1971. The ship was then sold at auction and broken up for scrap in 1974.