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|Ship name=HMS ''M28''
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|Ship builder=[[Sir Raylton Dixon|Sir Raylton Dixon & Co.]], [[Middlesbrough]]
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|Ship class=[[M15 class monitor|''M15'' class]] [[monitor (warship)|monitor]]
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*Bolinder 4-cylinder semi-diesel
*640 hp
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*1 × [[BL 9.2 inch gun Mk III - VII|BL 9.2-inch Mk VI gun]]
*1 × [[QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun|12-pdr (76&nbsp;mm) QF Mk 1 gun]]
*1 × [[QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss|6-pdr (57&nbsp;mm) QF MK 1]] AA gun
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'''HMS ''M28'' ''' was a [[World War I|First World War]] [[Royal Navy]] [[M15 class monitor|''M15''-class]] [[Monitor (ship)|monitor]]. She was sunk during the [[Battle of Imbros (1918)|Battle of Imbros]] in 1918.

==Design==

Intended as a shore bombardment vessel, ''M28''{{'}}s primary armament was a single [[BL 9.2 inch gun Mk I - VII|9.2 inch Mk VI gun]] removed from the {{sclass|Edgar|cruiser}} [[HMS Grafton (1892)|HMS ''Grafton'']].<ref>{{cite book | title = Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921 | editor = Randal Gray | year = 1985 | isbn = 0-85177-245-5 | publisher= Conway Maritime Press | page = 48}}</ref> In addition to her 9.2-inch gun, she also possessed one [[QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun|12 pounder]] and one [[QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss|six-pound anti-aircraft gun]]. She was equipped with a four-shaft Bolinder four-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 ''M28'' was laid down at the [[Sir Raylton Dixon|Sir Raylton Dixon & Co.]] Ltd shipyard at [[Middlesbrough]] on 1 March 1915.  She was then launched on 28 June 1915, and completed in August, 1915.

==Career==
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[[File:Memorial to Donald Priaulx MacGregor in Town Church, Guernsey.jpg|thumb|Memorial to Lt. Commander Donald Priaulx MacGregor in [[Town Church, Guernsey]]]]
During most of her service in the First World War ''M28'' was attached to the [[Aegean Squadron]] and tasked with coastal bombardment of Turkish positions. On 21 October 1915 she bombarded the [[Bulgaria]]n port of [[Dedeagatch]]. On 20 January 1918, she had been stationed at Kusu Bay on the island of [[Imbros]] along with {{HMS|Raglan}}, {{HMS|Lizard|1911|6}}, and {{HMS|Tigress|1911|6}} when she was attacked by two Turkish vessels. The former {{SMS|Goeben}} and {{SMS|Breslau}} managed to trap ''M28'' and ''Raglan'' in the bay and engage them in what became known as the [[Battle of Imbros (1918)|Battle of Imbros]]. As a result of the battle ''M28'' was sunk and suffered 11 of her crew killed while the rest were rescued by Allied vessels.

==Citations==
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==References==
* {{Cite Colledge2006}}
* [[Jane's Fighting Ships|Jane's Fighting Ships of World War One]] (1919), Jane's Publishing Company
* Dittmar, F. J. & Colledge, J. J., "British Warships 1914–1919", (Ian Allan, London, 1972), {{ISBN|0-7110-0380-7}}

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