HMS Bedham
HMS Bedham was one of 93 ships of the Ham class of inshore minesweepers.
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Bedham |
Namesake | Bedham |
Builder | J. Bolson, Poole |
Launched | 29 July 1953 |
Completed | 18 December 1953 |
Fate | Transferred to Malaysia 1959. |
Notes | Pennant number(s): M2606 / IMS06 |
Malaysia | |
Name | KD Lanka Suka |
Acquired | 1959 |
Fate | Broken up 1967.[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ham-class minesweeper |
Displacement |
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Length | |
Beam | 21 ft 4 in (6.50 m) |
Draught | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
Complement | 2 officers, 13 ratings |
Armament | 1 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun or Oerlikon 20 mm cannon |
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Bedham in West Sussex.
Further reading
- Blackman, Raymond V.B., ed. Jane's Fighting Ships 1952–1953. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1953.
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