HMS Halsham (M2633)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Halsham
Namesake	Halsham
Builder	Jones Slip
Launched	September 1953
Completed	9 July 1954
Fate	Sold 1981
General characteristics
Class and type	Ham-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
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 gun or Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
Notes	Pennant number(s): M2633 / IMS35

HMS Halsham 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 Halsham in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

She was transferred to the Air Ministry in 1966 and renamed No.5002. Following her transfer to the RCT in 1974 she was renamed Richard George Masters V.C.

References

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