M-class minelayer
The M-class minelayers were a class of eight (nine planned) small controlled minelayers commissioned into the Royal Navy between 1939 and 1943.
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 |
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| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 32 |
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