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HMS Ottringham

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Ottringham
NamesakeOttringham
BuilderAilsa Shipbuilding Company
Launched22 January 1958
Completed17 December 1958
Fatetransferred to Ghana, October 1959
Ghana
NameGNS Afadzato
AcquiredOctober 1959
Commissioned31 October 1959
Fatebroken up, 1977
General characteristics
Class & typeHam-class 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, 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 L/60 gun or Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
NotesPennant number(s): M2715 / IMS52

HMS Ottringham 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 Ottringham in the East Riding of Yorkshire.[1]

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

References

  1. ^ Blackman, Raymond, ed. (1961). "Minesweepers". Jane's Fighting Ships. 64. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co: 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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