HMS M24

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS M24
Builder	Sir Raylton Dixon & Co.
Laid down	1 March 1915
Launched	9 August 1915
Fate	Sold 29 January 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	M15 class monitor
Displacement	540 tons
Length	177 ft 3 in (54.03 m)
Beam	31 ft (9.4 m)
Draught	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Propulsion	4 shaft; Campbell 4-cylinder paraffin engines; 640 hp;
Speed	11 knots
Complement	69
Armament	As built; 1 × BL 9.2 inch Mk VI gun; 1 × 12pdr (76mm) QF Mk 1 gun; 1 × 6 pdr (57mm) QF MK 1 AA gun; 1918; 1 × BL 7.5-inch (190.5 mm) Mk III 50-caliber gun; 1 × QF 3-inch (76.20 mm) AA gun; 1 × 12pdr (76mm) QF Mk 1 gun; 2 × QF 2-pounder Mark II;

HMS M24 was a First World War Royal Navy M15-class monitor. After service in the Dover Patrol, she was also served in the British intervention in Russia in 1919. She was sold in mercantile service in 1920.

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