HMS Ludham (M2708)

Career
Name: HMS Ludham
Namesake: Ludham
Builder: Fairlie Yacht
Launched: 16 June 1954
Completed: 30 March 1956
Fate: Sold March 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): M2708 / IMS45

HMS Ludham 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 Ludham in Norfolk.

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