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Author:  Lurian [ May 23rd, 2013, 10:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Small British Monitors
In March 1915 Great Britain ordered the construction of 19 small monitors, under the Emergency War Program. Like their larger relatives – already under construction - they were designed to make use of artillery pieces scavenged from spares or taken “second hand” from decommissioning cruisers. They were very simple ships and built to commercial standards. Propulsion was provided by whatever plant was available. This resulted in a very diverse group of ships, divided into two classes...

HMS M.17 – mounted a BL 9.2” Mk.X gun, taken from spares (for Drake- and Cressy-class cruisers). Secondary armament was provided by a QF 12pdr Mk.I Naval Gun and a QF 6pdr Mk.I Hotchkiss. She was powered by a 800 ihp, triple expansion steam plant. HMS M.15 and HMS M.16 where built to the same specifications.

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Author:  Bombhead [ May 23rd, 2013, 10:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Small British Monitors
;) Nice one Lurian, a very tidy little drawing.
Author:  Raxar [ May 23rd, 2013, 11:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Small British Monitors
Nice job, do you plan on doing more? :)
Author:  WhyMe [ May 24th, 2013, 2:52 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Small British Monitors
Very well executed drawing. Good job.
Although the underwater hull doesn't look quite right. I would suggest to check out the web-site of the Polish magazine "Okrety Wojenne": http://www.okretywojenne.pl/ow/download/. Right now in the download section they have the issue number 79 which includes pretty detailed drawings of M18 and M29. Those should be of some help.
Author:  eswube [ May 24th, 2013, 6:15 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Small British Monitors
Very nice work! :)
Author:  Gollevainen [ May 24th, 2013, 4:10 pm ]
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really nice looking one
Author:  jabba [ May 24th, 2013, 4:22 pm ]
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Like this drawing!
Author:  Portsmouth Bill [ May 24th, 2013, 5:23 pm ]
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Nice, a great addition :)
Author:  Lurian [ May 24th, 2013, 10:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Small British Monitors
Raxar wrote:
Nice job, do you plan on doing more? :)
There will be more for sure! These ships were quite diverse and underwent some interesting changes during their lifetime...
WhyMe wrote:
Although the underwater hull doesn't look quite right. I would suggest to check out the web-site of the Polish magazine "Okrety Wojenne": http://www.okretywojenne.pl/ow/download/. Right now in the download section they have the issue number 79 which includes pretty detailed drawings of M18 and M29. Those should be of some help.
Thank you for the link. I've based my drawing on the lines rendered in Ian Buxton's book on "Big Gun Monitors". The article in "Okrety Wojenne" is largely referencing that book. Buxton’s drawings do lack details on the underwater hull (which actually isn't there). I believe the underwater lines shown in the magazine are not correct. At least they contradict with photographic evidence of the grounded M22, near Trevose Head - no bilge keel.
Author:  Hood [ May 25th, 2013, 8:49 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Small British Monitors
An excellent addition, nice work!
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