HMS Ledsham (M2706)
| History | |
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| Name: | HMS Ledsham |
| Builder: | J. Bolson, Poole |
| Launched: | 30 June 1954 |
| Completed: | 22 March 1955 |
| Fate: | Sold April 1971 and renamed Nipatina. As of 2007, located at Deptford Creek, London |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Ham class minesweeper |
| Displacement: |
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| 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): M2706 / IMS43 |
HMS Ledsham 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 Ledsham, Cheshire or Ledsham, West Yorkshire.
References
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
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