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]

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