HMS Damerham (M2629)

History
Name:	HMS Damerham
Namesake:	Damerham
Builder:	Brooke Marine
Launched:	15 June 1953
Completed:	19 March 1954
Fate:	Sold September 1966
General characteristics
Class & 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 gun or Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
Notes:	Pennant number(s): M2629 / IMS31

HMS Damerham 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 Damerham in Hampshire.

On 2 July 1960 while moored in Hong Kong harbour Damerham was rammed and almost cut in half by the frigate HMS St Brides Bay^[1]

References

1. http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-15Fr-Bay-StBridesBay.htm

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