HMS Frettenham (M2701)

Career (United Kingdom)
Name: HMS Frettenham
Namesake: Frettenham
Builder: J. Samuel White
Launched: 18 May 1954
Completed: 14 September 1954
Fate: sold to France, 13 December 1954
Notes: Pennant number(s): M2701 / IMS20
Career (France)
Name: Tulipe
Acquired: 13 December 1954
Fate: broken up, 1989
General characteristics
Class and type: Ham-class minesweeper
Displacement: 120 tons standard
164 tons full
Length: 106 ft 6 in (32.46 m)
Beam: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Draught: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 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 Frettenham was a Ham-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy.

Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Frettenham in Norfolk.

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