HMS Frettenham (M2702)
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Name | HMS Frettenham |
Namesake | Frettenham |
Builder | J. Samuel White |
Launched | 18 May 1954 |
Completed | 14 September 1954 |
Fate | Sold to France, 13 December 1954 |
Notes | Pennant number(s): M2701 / IMS20 |
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Name | Tulipe |
Acquired | 13 December 1954 |
Fate | broken up, 1989 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ham-class minesweeper |
Displacement |
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Length | 106 ft 6 in (32.46 m) |
Beam | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
Draught | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Propulsion | 2 shaft Paxman 12YHAXM diesels, 1,100 bhp (820 kW) |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
Complement | 2 officers, 13 ratings |
Armament | 1 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun / 20 mm Oerlikon gun |
HMS Frettenham was a Ham-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy.
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Frettenham in Norfolk.
References
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
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