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HMS Darsham (M2619)

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History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Darsham
NamesakeDarsham
BuilderJones Slip
Launched19 November 1952
Completed21 December 1953
FateSold 1966
General characteristics
Class and typeHam class minesweeper
TypeMinesweeper
Displacement
  • 120 long tons (122 t) standard
  • 164 long tons (167 t) full load
Length
  • 100 ft (30 m) p/p
  • 106 ft 6 in (32.46 m) o/a
Beam21 ft 4 in (6.50 m)
Draught5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 shaft Paxman 12YHAXM diesels
  • 1,100 bhp (820 kW)
Speed14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement2 officers, 13 ratings
Armament1 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun or Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
NotesPennant number(s): M2619 / IMS21

HMS Darsham was one of 93 Royal Navy ships of the Ham-class of inshore minesweepers. Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham, in this case after Darsham in Suffolk.

References

  • Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
Ham-class minesweepers
 Royal Navy
Other operators
 Royal Australian Navy
 French Navy
 Ghana Navy
 Indian Navy
 Libyan Navy
 Royal Malaysian Navy
 Royal Saudi Navy
List of mine-countermeasure vessels of the Royal Navy


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