HMS Arlingham (M2603)
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| Name: | HMS Arlingham |
| Namesake: | Arlingham |
| Builder: | Camper and Nicholsons |
| Launched: | 1 April 1953 |
| Completed: | 24 November 1953 |
| Decommissioned: | 3 September 1953 |
| Fate: | Sold to Gibraltar Underwater Contractors 19 September 1977[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Ham class minesweeper |
| Type: | Minesweeper |
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| Beam: | 21 ft 4 in (6.50 m) |
| Draught: | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
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| 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): M2603 / IMS03 |
HMS Arlingham was one of 93 ships of the Ham-class of inshore minesweepers.
The names of these ships were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. This minesweeper was named after Arlingham in Gloucestershire.
In 1969, HMS Arlingham was rammed by a Spanish Customs launch near Gibraltar, which was later the subject of a formal complaint.[2]
Further reading
- Blackman, Raymond V.B., ed. Jane's Fighting Ships 1952–1953. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1953.
References
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