HMS Bedham

History
United Kingdom
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
Name	KD Lanka Suka
Acquired	1959
Fate	Broken up 1967. [1]
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 L/60 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

1. "Ham Class Minesweepers". www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk.