HMS Hildersham (M2705)
HMS Hildersham was one of 93 ships of the Ham class of inshore minesweepers.
History | |
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Name: | HMS Hildersham |
Namesake: | Hildersham |
Builder: | Vosper |
Launched: | 5 February 1954 |
Completed: | 9 November 1954 |
Fate: | transferred to India, 1955 |
Name: | INS Bimlipatan |
Acquired: | 1955 |
Stricken: | 1994 |
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 × 40 mm Bofors / 20 mm Oerlikon gun |
Notes: | Pennant number(s): M2705 / IMS42 |
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Hildersham in Cambridgeshire.
References
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
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