HMS Mileham (M2711)

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History
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Mileham
Namesake Mileham
BuilderWilliam Weatherhead & Sons, Cockenzie
Launched1 July 1954
Completed16 March 1955
Fatetransferred to France, 1955
Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svgFrance
NameHortensia
Acquired1955
Stricken1983
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): M2711 / IMS48

HMS Mileham was a Ham-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy.

Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Mileham in Norfolk.

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