HMS Mickleham (M2710)

Career
Name: HMS Mickleham
Namesake: Mickleham
Builder: Berthon Boat Company
Launched: 11 March 1954
Completed: 10 May 1955
Fate: Sold August 1966
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): M2710 / IMS47

HMS Mickleham 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 Mickleham in Surrey.

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