M-class minelayer

HMS Steady, former Miner VII
Class overview
Name	M class
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Linnet class
Succeeded by	Abdiel class
Built	1939–1943
In commission	1939–1980
Planned	9
Completed	8
Retired	8
General characteristics
Type	Controlled minelayer
Displacement	364 tons standard
Length	110 ft 3 in (33.60 m) (p/p)
Beam	26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Draught	8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
Propulsion	Triple expansion engine 2 shaft 720 hp (540 kW)
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	32

The M-class minelayers were a class of eight (nine planned) small controlled minelayers commissioned into the Royal Navy between 1939 and 1943. ^[1]

Ships

M-class minelayers

Name	Builder	Launched	Fate	Notes
Miner I	Philip and Son	1939
Miner II	Philip and Son	1939	sunk as target on 18 March 1970	later named Gossamer
Miner III	Philip and Son	1939
Miner IV	Philip and Son	1940
Miner V	Philip and Son	1940	Sunk as target on 6 June 1970	[2]
Miner VI	Philip and Son	1942
M7	Singapore Dockyard	-	Seized in Singapore by Japanese forces before completed	[1]
Miner VII	Philip and Son	1944
Miner VIII	Philip and Son	1943	Broken up in 1980	[3]

References

1. Cocker, M.P. (1993). Mine Warfare Vessels of the Royal Navy: 1908 to Date. Shrewsbury, England: Airlife Publishing. ISBN   1-85310-328-4.
2. Tony, Allen (23 July 2018). "Miner V HMS (1942–1960) Britannic HMS (+1979)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
3. "History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - HMS Miner VII". atlantic-cable.com. Retrieved 2022-09-01.