HMS Felmersham (M2627)
Career (United Kingdom) | |
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Name: | HMS Felmersham |
Namesake: | Felmersham |
Builder: | Camper and Nicholsons |
Launched: | 24 September 1953 |
Completed: | 11 May 1954 |
Fate: | transferred to Malaysia, 5 March 1966 |
Career (Malaysia) | |
Name: | KD Todak |
Acquired: | 5 March 1966 |
Fate: | broken up, 1976 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Ham-class 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): M2627 / IMS29 |
HMS Felmersham 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 Felmersham in Bedfordshire.
References
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)