HMS Fordham (M2717)

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Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Fordham
Namesake Fordham
BuilderJones Slip
Launched7 August 1956
Completed13 December 1956
FateSold 1981
General characteristics
Class and type Ham class minesweeper
Displacement
  • 120 tons standard
  • 164 tons full
Length106 ft 6 in (32.46 m)
Beam22 ft (6.7 m)
Draught5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Propulsion2 shaft Paxman 12YHAXM diesels, 1,100 bhp (820 kW)
Speed14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement2 officers, 13 ratings
Armament1 × 40 mm Bofors / 20 mm Oerlikon gun
Notes Pennant number(s): M2717 / IMS54

HMS Fordham 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 Fordham in Cambridgeshire.

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