HMS Glentham (M2631)
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Namesake | Glentham |
Builder | Ardrossan Dockyard |
Launched | 29 April 1957 |
Completed | 20 May 1958 |
Identification | Pennant number(s): M2631 / IMS33 |
Fate | Sold in Singapore for scrapping April 1966 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ham-class minesweeper |
Displacement |
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Length | |
Beam | 21 ft 4 in (6.50 m) |
Draught | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Propulsion | 2 shaft Paxman 12YHAXM diesels1,100 bhp (820 kW) |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 2 officers, 13 ratings |
Armament | 1 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun or Oerlikon 20 mm cannon |
HMS Glentham was one of 93 ships of the Ham-class of inshore minesweepers.
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Glentham in Lincolnshire.
References
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)