History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Inglesham
Namesake	Inglesham
Builder	J. Samuel White
Launched	23 April 1952
Completed	13 April 1953
Fate	Sold 1966
General characteristics
Class and type	Ham class minesweeper
Type	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
Notes	Pennant number(s): M2601 / IMS01

HMS Inglesham was the first of the 93 ships of the Ham-class of inshore minesweepers.

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

• Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)

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