HMS Odiham (M2783)
History | |
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Name: | HMS Odiham |
Namesake: | Odiham |
Builder: | Vosper & Company |
Launched: | 21 July 1955 |
Completed: | 27 July 1956 |
Fate: | Sold 1980 |
General characteristics | |
Class and 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): M2783 / IMS83 |
HMS Odiham 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 Odiham in Hampshire.
References
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
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