M-class minelayer

Class overview
HMS Steady, former Miner VII
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

Name	Builder	Launched	Fate	Notes
Miner I	Philip and Son	1939
Miner II	Philip and Son	1939
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 2 Cocker, M.P. (1993). Mine Warfare Vessels of the Royal Navy: 1908 to Date. Shrewsbury, England: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-328-4.
↑ Tony, Allen (23 July 2018). "Miner V HMS (1942~1960) Britannic HMS (+1979)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
↑ "History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - HMS Miner VII". atlantic-cable.com. Retrieved 2022-09-01.

M-class minelayer
Minelayer I Minelayer II Minelayer III Minelayer IV Minelayer V Minelayer VI M7 Minelayer VII Minelayer VIII
Preceded by: Linnet class Followed by: Abdiel class Minelayers

British naval ship classes of the Second World War
Aircraft carriers	Courageous Eagle Ark Royal Illustrious Implacable Audacious^C Malta^X
Light aircraft carriers	Argus Hermes Unicorn Colossus Majestic^C Centaur^C
Escort carriers	Archer^AV Audacity^V Avenger^AV Attacker^A Ruler^A Activity^V Pretoria Castle^V Nairana^V
Battleships	Queen Elizabeth Revenge Nelson King George V Lion^X Vanguard^C
Battlecruisers	Renown Hood
Heavy cruisers	Hawkins County York
Light cruisers	C Danae Hawkins Emerald Leander Arethusa Town Dido Fiji Minotaur Neptune^X Minotaur (1947)^X
Destroyer leaders	Thornycroft type (Shakespeare) Admiralty type (Scott)
Destroyers	R S V & W Town^A Ambuscade Amazon A & B C & D E & F G & H I Tribal J, K & N Hunt L & M O & P Q & R S & T U & V W & Z C Battle Weapon^C G^X Daring^C,P
Frigates	River Captain^A Colony^A Loch Bay
Corvettes	Flower Castle
Sloops	24 Bridgewater Hastings Banff^A Shoreham Grimsby Kingfisher Bittern Egret Black Swan
Minelayers	Adventure Abdiel Plover Linnet M Agamemnon^V Menestheus^V Port Napier^V Port Quebec^V Southern Prince^V Teviot Bank^V
Minesweepers	Hunt Halcyon Bangor MMS Auk^A Algerine Cybele
Netlayers	Guardian Protector Bar Net
Submarines	H L Odin Parthian Rainbow S River Grampus T U P611 V Amphion X XE
Coastal	Harbour Defence Motor Launch Fairmile B motor launch Motor Torpedo Boat Motor Gun Boat Steam Gun Boat Insect-class gunboat Dragonfly-class river gunboat Type Two 63 ft HSL
Other	Trawlers Castle Basset Isles Portuguese Tree Dance Shakespearian Round Table Monitors Erebus Roberts Seaplane carriers Pegasus Albatross Submarine depot ship Adamant Bonaventure Forth Maidstone Titania Merchant aircraft carriers Fighter catapult ships Armed merchant cruisers Ocean boarding vessels
A American built X Cancelled C Completed after the war C,P Laid down and completed after the war V Conversions

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