HMS M32
Ship Number
488
Vessel Type
Coastal Monitor
Built
Workman Clark, Belfast
Launch Date
May 22, 1915
Delivered
June 20, 1915
Owner
Admiralty
Weight
360 grt
BP Length
170 feet
Breadth
31 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
10 knots
Propulsion
Triple expansion. Yarrow oil fuel 45 tons boilers. 400 hp (300 kW)
Official No.
Registered
Fate
Scrapped
 HMS M32

HMS M32 was an M29-class monitor of the Royal Navy.
 
The availability of ten 6 inch Mk XII guns from the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships in 1915 prompted the Admiralty to order five scaled down versions of the M15-class monitors, which had been designed to utilise 9.2 inch guns. HMS M32 and her sisters were ordered from Harland & Wolff, Belfast in March 1915. However, HMS M32 and her sister HMS M33 were sub-contracted to the nearby Workman Clark Limited shipyard. Launched on 22 May 1915, she was completed in June 1915.
 
Upon completion, she was sent to the Mediterranean. She later took part in the Battle of Jaffa and remained there until March, 1919. She served from May to September 1919 in support of British and White Russian forces in the White Sea, before returning to England.
 
1921 converted to a tanker by Shipyard De Hoop. 1921 sold to C.S.M and renamed Ampat.
1923 to Shell France and renamed Delta. 1947 sold to Andre Richard Marseilles, converted in wine tanker and renamed Colette Richard.
 
1951 scrapped France.