HMS Mileham (M2711)
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History | |
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Name | HMS Mileham |
Namesake | Mileham |
Builder | William Weatherhead & Sons, Cockenzie |
Launched | 1 July 1954 |
Completed | 16 March 1955 |
Fate | transferred to France, 1955 |
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Name | Hortensia |
Acquired | 1955 |
Stricken | 1983 |
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 |
Notes | Pennant number(s): M2711 / IMS48 |
HMS Mileham was a Ham-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy.
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Mileham in Norfolk.
References
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
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