HMS Elsenham (M2624)

History
Name: HMS Elsenham
Namesake: Elsenham
Builder: Ailsa Shipbuilding Company
Launched: 25 May 1955
Completed: 11 January 1956
Fate: Sold to the Federation of South Arabia 1967. Stricken 1984.
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): M2624 / IMS26

HMS Elsenham 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 Elsenham in Essex.

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