HMS Bedham (M2606)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Bedham |
| Namesake: | Bedham |
| Builder: | J. Bolson, Poole |
| Launched: | 29 July 1953 |
| Completed: | 18 December 1953 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Malaysia 1959. |
| Notes: | Pennant number(s): M2606 / IMS06 |
 Malaysia
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| Name: | KD Lanka Suka |
| Acquired: | 1959 |
| Fate: | Broken up 1967.[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Ham-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: |
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| Length: | |
| Beam: | 21 ft 4 in (6.50 m) |
| Draught: | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 2 officers, 13 ratings |
| Armament: | 1 × Bofors 40 mm gun or Oerlikon 20 mm cannon |
HMS Bedham 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 Bedham in West Sussex.
Further reading
- Blackman, Raymond V.B., ed. Jane's Fighting Ships 1952–1953. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1953.
References
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