HMS Brigham
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| Career |  |
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| Builder: | Berthon Boat . |
| Launched: | 4th December 1953 |
| Completed: | 22nd December 1953 |
| Pennant number(s): | M2613 IMS13 |
| Fate: | Sold to Australian interests in 1968 and renamed MV Brigham. Refitted in Southhampton as prospective ferry. Sailed via Las Palmas, Monrovia, Capetown, Durban, Mauritius, and Albany (Wes Aust) to Port Lincoln South Australia. Crew of 10 composed of 3 British as Navigator and Engineer and deckhand, 2 Australians and 5 New Zealanders as deckhands. Arrived in Port Lincoln 24 Dec 1969 after 16 weeks voyage including lengthy stop in Capetown.
Sold in 1970 to Australian company Southern Concrete. Taken to Adelaide for full refit. Whilst in Adelaide the company experienced financial difficulty and the vessel had the distinction of being the first vessel in many decades to have a warrant pinned to her mast for none payment of harbour dues, etc. Sold to NT fishing company sometime after and last heard of in the late 70's being used as a prawn trawler in the Gulf of Carpentaria. |
HMS Brigham 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 Brigham in Cumbria.
The ship's bell is now in St Bridget's Church of England Primary School, Brigham, where it was used as a fire alarm until a more modern fire alarm system was installed.
[edit] See also
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
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