HMS Etchingham (M2625)
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Etchingham |
| Namesake: | Etchingham |
| Builder: | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company |
| Launched: | 9 December 1957 |
| Completed: | 27 June 1958 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking 1967 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Ham class minesweeper |
| Type: | Minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 120 long tons (122 t) standard 164 long tons (167 t) full load |
| Length: | 100 ft (30 m) p/p 106 ft 6 in (32.46 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 21 ft 4 in (6.50 m) |
| Draught: | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft Paxman 12YHAXM diesels 1,100 bhp (820 kW) |
| Speed: | 14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 2 officers, 13 ratings |
| Armament: | 1 × Bofors 40 mm gun or Oerlikon 20 mm cannon |
| Notes: | Pennant number(s): M2625 / IMS27 |
HMS Etchingham 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 Etchingham in East Sussex. In the 1960s Etchingham and a similar ship, Cardinham (see Wikipedia entry) were in service with the Hong Kong Royal Naval Reserve, until the unit was disbanded on 31 March 1967.[1]
References
- ↑ Personal knowledge, ex-member, HKRNR
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
