HMS Etchingham (M2625)
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Name | HMS Etchingham |
Namesake | Etchingham |
Builder | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company |
Launched | 9 December 1957 |
Completed | 27 June 1958 |
Fate | Sold for breaking 1967 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ham class minesweeper |
Type | Minesweeper |
Displacement |
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Length | |
Beam | 21 ft 4 in (6.50 m) |
Draught | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
Complement | 2 officers, 13 ratings |
Armament | 1 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun or Oerlikon 20 mm cannon |
Notes | Pennant number(s): M2625 / IMS27 |
HMS Etchingham 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 Etchingham in East Sussex. In the 1960s Etchingham and her sister ship, Cardinham were in service with the Hong Kong Royal Naval Reserve, until the unit was disbanded on 31 March 1967.[citation needed]
References
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
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