HMS Abbotsham
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| Career (UK) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Abbotsham (M2787), (IMS87) |
| Operator: |  Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Wm. Blackmore |
| Launched: | 16 December 1955 |
| Completed: | 10 January 1957 |
| Fate: | Sold June 1967. As of June 2006 she is available for charter or purchase in Holland under the name "Black Abbot". |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Ham class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 120 tons standard 164 tons full |
| Length: | 106 ft 6 in (32.5 m) |
| Beam: | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Draught: | 5 ft 9 in (1.8 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 |
HMS Abbotsham 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 Abbotsham in Devon.
[edit] See also
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
- Details at the Ton-class Association site
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