HMS Mickleham (M2710)

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

History
Name: HMS Mickleham
Namesake: Mickleham
Builder: Berthon Boat Company
Launched: 11 March 1954
Completed: 10 May 1955
Fate: Sold August 1966
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): M2710 / IMS47

Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Mickleham in Surrey.

References

  • Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
  • Sold by admiralty in 1966.
  • Purchased by John Stanley Gordon of Gordon Keeble sports car fame.
Renamed 'Katherine of Gower'
  • Converted to charter yacht and completed in 1970s.
  • Sold to Saudi Arabian in the 1980s.



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