HMS Abbotsham

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Name: HMS Abbotsham (M2787), (IMS87)
Operator: Naval flag of United Kingdom 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.

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