HMS Halsham (M2633)
| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name: | HMS Halsham |
| Namesake: | Halsham |
| Builder: | Jones Slip |
| Launched: | September 1953 |
| Completed: | 9 July 1954 |
| Fate: | Sold 1981 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Ham-class minesweeper |
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| Length: | |
| Beam: | 21 ft 4 in (6.50 m) |
| Draught: | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
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| Speed: | 14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 2 officers, 13 ratings |
| Armament: | 1 × Bofors 40 mm gun or Oerlikon 20 mm cannon |
| Notes: | Pennant number(s): M2633 / IMS35 |
HMS Halsham was one of 93 ships of the Ham class of inshore minesweepers.
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Halsham in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
She was transferred to the Air Ministry in 1966 and renamed No.5002. Following her transfer to the RCT in 1974 she was renamed Richard George Masters V.C.[1]
Notes
References
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
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