HMS Damerham (M2629)
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| Name: | HMS Damerham |
| Namesake: | Damerham |
| Builder: | Brooke Marine |
| Launched: | 15 June 1953 |
| Completed: | 19 March 1954 |
| Fate: | Sold September 1966 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Ham class minesweeper |
| Type: | Minesweeper |
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| Beam: | 21 ft 4 in (6.50 m) |
| Draught: | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
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| Speed: | 14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 2 officers, 13 ratings |
| Armament: | 1 × Bofors 40 mm gun or Oerlikon 20 mm cannon |
| Notes: | Pennant number(s): M2629 / IMS31 |
HMS Damerham 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 Damerham in Hampshire.
On 2 July 1960, while moored in Hong Kong harbour, Damerham was rammed and almost cut in half by the frigate HMS St Brides Bay[1]
References
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
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