| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Georgeham |
| Namesake: | Georgeham |
| Builder: | P.K. Harris |
| Launched: | 15 February 1957 |
| Completed: | 5 November 1957 |
| Fate: | Sold November 1967 |
| 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 |
| Notes: | Pennant number(s): M2788 / IMS88 |
HMS Georgeham 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 Georgeham in Devon.