HMS M28
Introduction '''HMS ''M28'' ''' was a First World War Royal Navy ''M15''-class monitor. She was sunk during the Battle of Imbros in 1918.
Design Intended as a shore bombardment vessel, ''M28''s primary armament was a single 9.2 inch Mk VI gun removed from the  HMS ''Grafton''. In addition to her 9.2-inch gun, she also possessed one 12 pounder and one six-pound anti-aircraft gun. She was equipped with a four-shaft Bolinder four-cylinder semi-diesel engine with 640 horsepower that allowed a top speed of eleven knots. The monitor's crew consisted of sixty-nine officers and men.
Construction HMS ''M28'' was laid down at the Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd shipyard at Middlesbrough on 1 March 1915.She was then launched on 28 June 1915, and completed in August, 1915.
Career  Memorial to Lt. Commander Donald Priaulx MacGregor in Town Church, GuernseyDuring most of her service in the First World War ''M28'' was attached to the Aegean Squadron and tasked with coastal bombardment of Turkish positions. On 21 October 1915 she bombarded the Bulgarian port of Dedeagatch. On 20 January 1918, she had been stationed at Kusu Bay on the island of Imbros along with , , and  when she was attacked by two Turkish vessels. The former  and  managed to trap ''M28'' and ''Raglan'' in the bay and engage them in what became known as the Battle of Imbros. As a result of the battle ''M28'' was sunk and suffered 11 of her crew killed while the rest were rescued by Allied vessels.
Citations
References * * Jane's Fighting Ships of World War One (1919), Jane's Publishing Company* Dittmar, F. J. & Colledge, J. J., "British Warships 1914–1919", (Ian Allan, London, 1972),