HMS Ottringham
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Builder: | Ailsa (Troon) |
Launched: | 22nd January 1958 |
Completed: | 17th December 1958 |
Pennant number(s): | M2715 IMS52 |
Fate: | Transferred to Ghana, October 1959. Renamed Afadzato. Broken up 1977 |
HMS Ottringham 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 Ottringham in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
[edit] See also
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)