HMS Etchingham (M2625)

History
Name: HMS Etchingham
Namesake: Etchingham
Builder: Ailsa Shipbuilding Company
Launched: 9 December 1957
Completed: 27 June 1958
Fate: Sold for breaking 1967
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): M2625 / IMS27

HMS Etchingham 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 Etchingham in East Sussex. In the 1960s Etchingham and a similar ship, Cardinham were in service with the Hong Kong Royal Naval Reserve, until the unit was disbanded on 31 March 1967.[1]

References

  1. Personal knowledge, ex-member, HKRNR



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