HMS Hildersham (M2705)

HMS Hildersham was one of 93 ships of the Ham class of inshore minesweepers.

History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Hildersham
Namesake: Hildersham
Builder: Vosper
Launched: 5 February 1954
Completed: 9 November 1954
Fate: transferred to India, 1955
India
Name: INS Bimlipatan
Acquired: 1955
Stricken: 1994
General characteristics
Class and type: Ham-class minesweeper
Displacement:
  • 120 tons standard
  • 164 tons full
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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