HMS Ottringham (M2715)

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Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Ottringham
Namesake Ottringham
Builder Ailsa Shipbuilding Company
Launched22 January 1958
Completed17 December 1958
Fatetransferred to Ghana, October 1959
Naval Ensign of Ghana.svgGhana
NameGNS Afadzato
AcquiredOctober 1959
Commissioned31 October 1959
Fatebroken up, 1977
General characteristics
Class and type Ham-classminesweeper
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, except third sub-group 107 ft 6 in (32.77 m)
Beam21 ft 4 in (6.50 m)
Draught5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 shaft Paxman 12YHAXM diesels
  • 1,100 bhp (820 kW)
Speed14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement2 officers, 13 ratings
Armament1 × Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 or Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
Notes Pennant number(s): M2715 / IMS52

HMS Ottringham was one of 93 ships of the Hamclass of inshore minesweepers.

Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Ottringham in the East Riding of Yorkshire. [1]

In 1959, the ship was sold to the Royal Ghana Navy. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Blackman, Raymond, ed. (1961). "Minesweepers". Jane's Fighting Ships. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co. 64: 285. ISSN   0075-3025. OCLC   804621601.
  2. ↑ Berridge, H R, ed. (November 1959). "First Ship for Royal Ghana Navy". The Navy News. No. 65. Portsmouth: Navy News. p. 8. OCLC   898207635.



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