M1
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | M |
| Fate: | Rammed and was sunk on 12th November 1925 by SS Vidar off Start Point. Wreckage was not found until 1990 by Royal Navy and more recently by divers in 1999. |
Started life a K18. Served with the 6th Flotilla until October 1918.
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Roll of Honour
| Name | Rank | Number | Hons | Age |
| Adams, Cecil Passey | Leading Seaman | J 52992 | 25 | |
| Alexander, Arthur Horace | Petty Officer | J 14439 | 30 | |
| Allen, William Charles | Able Seaman | J 51725 | 25 | |
| Andrews, Enoch James | Able Seaman | J 39562 | 26 | |
| Baby, Ernest Arthur | Able Seaman | J 71374 | 25 | |
| Baker, Edward Charles Goodchild | Stoker Petty Officer | K 12959 | 32 | |
| RN DoB 10/01/1893. Actual 10/01/1894 | ||||
| Ball, Harold | Able Seaman | J 39475 | 27 | |
| Ball, John Samuel | Leading Stoker | K 35977 | 27 | |
| Bell, William McDonald | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | M 7020 | 27 | |
| Bicker, Roland | Chief Petty Officer | 224812 | 38 | |
| Buttle, James Fry | Able Seaman | J 22045 | 30 | |
| Carrie, Alec Murray | Lieutenant Commander (CO) | 30 | ||
| Casey, Robert Cameron | Lieutenant (RAN) | 25 | ||
| Clark, Walter Thomas | Able Seaman | J 98756 | 21 | |
| Cleaver, Edward George | Stoker 1st Class | K 58802 | 27 | |
| Clough, Nelson Orlando | Signalman | J 39878 | 26 | |
| Cowling, Albert George | Leading Stoker | K 18120 | 31 | |
| Dearing, Leonard Andree Percy | Able Seaman | J 78620 | 23 | |
| Dennis, William Francis | Electrical Artificer 2nd Class | M 12651 | 30 | |
| Dixon, Reginald Charles | Petty Officer | 231628 | 37 | |
| Duggan, Albert Frederick Harvey | Leading Seaman | J 62085 | 24 | |
| Edden, Thomas Henry | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | M 14517 | 25 | |
| Erskine, William | Leading Stoker | K63811 | 24 | |
| Joined with Service Number SS 120628 before signing for extended engagement and changing to K63811. | ||||
| Evans, Albert | Able Seaman | J 96697 | 21 | |
| Feltham, Frank | Stoker 1st Class | K 57863 | 24 | |
| RN DoB 27/07/1901. Actual 27/07/1902 | ||||
| Foley, John Frederick | Able Seaman | J 48199 | 26 | |
| Gardner, Charles | Chief Stoker | 233422 | 37 | |
| Gay, Albert Arthur | Telegraphist | J 62961 | 24 | |
| Good, Cyril Sidney | Warrant Engineer | 44 | ||
| At birth Good, Cyril Sidney On some RN records Good, Cyril Sydney | ||||
| Gore, Sidney John Ethelbert | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | M 4730 | DSM | 34 |
| In ADM 104 Series M4731, Service record has M4730 | ||||
| Harding, Gordon George | Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class | M 10953 | 35 | |
| Hewson, Philip | Ordnance Artificer 3rd Class | M 8641 | 29 | |
| Hobday, Albert Edmund | Petty Officer | 236378 | 41 | |
| Jewell, Henry George | Able Seaman | J 48749 | 25 | |
| Jones, Bertie William | Petty Officer | J 20035 | 30 | |
| Kemble, George | Leading Stoker | K 10187 | 33 | |
| RN DoB 06/02/1892. Actual 06/02/1891 | ||||
| Kent, Arthur William | Leading Seaman | J 15182 | 29 | |
| Kidney, James | Leading Seaman | J53085 | 25 | |
| Law, John William | Able Seaman | J65730 | 24 | |
| Littell, Robert Charles | Ordnance Artificer 3rd Class | M 35596 | 31 | |
| Lovering, Ernest Thomas | Able Seaman | J 24879 | 27 | |
| Manning, John | Able Seaman | J 103109 | 20 | |
| Mansell, Cecil George Cobden | Stoker 1st Class | K 60530 | 24 | |
| Martin, Charles James | Able Seaman | J 90561 | 23 | |
| Millard, Harold | Stoker 1st Class | K 62220 | 22 | |
| Morgan, George Petvin | Petty Officer | 239799 | 34 | |
| Morrisey, James | Stoker 1st Class | K 62857 | 20 | |
| Moyse, Victor Charles | Able Seaman | J 23751 | 27 | |
| Neighbour, Herbert Edward | Able Seaman | J 89919 | 23 | |
| Nichols, David Richard | Stoker 1st Class | K 57987 | 25 | |
| Nicholson, William Frederick | Leading Seaman | J 19870 | 29 | |
| Pearson, William Adolphus | Able Seaman | J 42467 | 26 | |
| RN DoB 04/05/1899. Actual 04/05/1901 | ||||
| Philpott, Thomas Walker | Lieutenant | 24 | ||
| Price, William Frederick | Leading Seaman | J 25784 | 27 | |
| Sayers, Charles Alfred | Able Seaman | J 31401 | 26 | |
| Smith, Frederick William | Petty Officer Telegraphist | J 9944 | 30 | |
| Spratley, Percival | Telegraphist | J 69385 | 24 | |
| Storey, Charles Clarence | Stoker 1st Class | K 58715 | 31 | |
| Styles, Reginald Percy | Able Seaman | J 28159 | 27 | |
| Tamblin, William John | Leading Seaman | J 94557 | 37 | |
| Taylor, Robert | Able Seaman | J 41914 | 26 | |
| Thorpe, Charles Arthur Robert | Lieutenant | 26 | ||
| Commander of M2 | ||||
| Turner, Walter Isaac | Leading Signalman | J 36092 | 26 | |
| Vaughan, William Charles Albert | Leading Seaman | J 32281 | 26 | |
| Washington, Sidney William | Leading Seaman | J 24170 | 27 | |
| Webster, Albert Ernest | Leading Seaman | J 92635 | 23 | |
| Williams, Henry Richard | Stoker 1st Class | K56132 | 24 | |
| RN DoB 24/03/1901. Actual 24/03/1903 | ||||
| Wright, Charles Edwin | Steward | L 12944 | 22 | |
| Wright, Frederick George | Able Seaman | J 99863 | 22 | |
Events
| 01-07-1916 : | Laid Down |
| 09-07-1917 : | Launched |
| 17-04-1918 : | Completed |
| 12-11-1925 : | M1 was rammed by the SS Vidal off Start Point and was lost without survivors. |
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