HMS Ottringham (M2715)
Appearance
History | |
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Name | HMS Ottringham |
Namesake | Ottringham |
Builder | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company |
Launched | 22 January 1958 |
Completed | 17 December 1958 |
Fate | transferred to Ghana, October 1959 |
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Name | GNS Afadzato |
Acquired | October 1959 |
Commissioned | 31 October 1959 |
Fate | broken up, 1977 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ham-class minesweeper |
Displacement |
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Length | |
Beam | 21 ft 4 in (6.50 m) |
Draught | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Propulsion |
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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): 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]
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