HMS Felmersham (M2627)

Career (United Kingdom)
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.

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