HMS Kingham (M2704)

HMS Kingham was a Ham-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy.

History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Kingham
Namesake: Kingham
Builder: J. Samuel White
Launched: 26 January 1955
Completed: 1 June 1955
Identification: Pennant number(s): M2704 / IMS41
Fate: transferred to France, 1955
France
Name: Pâquerette (M775)
Stricken: 4 May 1988
Identification: Pennant number(s): A742 / P742
Fate: sold, 25 January 1996[1]
General characteristics
Class and type: Ham-class minesweeper
Displacement:
  • 120 tons standard
  • 164 tons full
Length: 106 ft 6 in (32.46 m)
Beam: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Draught: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Propulsion: 2 shaft Paxman 12YHAXM diesels, 1,100 bhp (820 kW)
Speed: 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement: 2 officers, 13 ratings
Armament: 1 × 40 mm Bofors / 20 mm Oerlikon gun

Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Kingham in Oxfordshire.

Notes

References

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



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