HMS ''M20'' was a

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Design

Intended as a shore bombardment vessel, ''M20''s primary armament was a single 9.2 inch Mk VI gun removed from the HMS ''Gibraltar''. In addition to her 9.2-inch gun she also possessed one 12 pounder and one six-pound anti-aircraft gun. She was equipped with a four-shaft Bolinder two-cylinder semi-diesel engine with 640 horsepower that allowed a top speed of eleven knots. The monitor's crew consisted of sixty-nine officers and men.

Construction

HMS ''M20'' ordered in March, 1915, as part of the

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of ship construction. She was laid down at the Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd shipyard at

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in March 1915, launched on 11 May 1915, and completed in July 1915.

World War 1

''M20'' served within the

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from August 1915 to December 1918. She did not return to Home Waters, paying off at

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Disposal

''M20'' was sold on 29 January 1920 for mercantile service as an oil tanker and renamed 'Lima'.

Citations

References

* * Dittmar, F. J. & Colledge, J. J., "British Warships 1914–1919", (Ian Allan, London, 1972), M15-class monitors 1915 ships World War I monitors of the United Kingdom Royal Navy ship names {{UK-mil-ship-stub