HMS Ottringham (M2715)

HMS Ottringham was one of 93 ships of the Ham class of inshore minesweepers.

History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Ottringham
Namesake: Ottringham
Builder: Ailsa Shipbuilding Company
Launched: 22 January 1958
Completed: 17 December 1958
Fate: transferred to Ghana, October 1959
Ghana
Name: GNS Afadzato
Acquired: October 1959
Commissioned: 31 October 1959
Fate: broken up, 1977
General characteristics
Class and type: Ham-class 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, except third sub-group 107 ft 6 in (32.77 m)
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): M2715 / IMS52

Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Ottringham in the East Riding of Yorkshire.[1]

In 1959, the ship was sold to the Royal Ghana Navy.[2]

References
  1. Blackman, Raymond, ed. (1961). "Minesweepers". Jane's fighting ships. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co. 64: 285. ISSN 0075-3025. OCLC 804621601.
  2. Berridge, H R, ed. (November 1959). "First Ship for Royal Ghana Navy". The Navy News. No. 65. Portsmouth: Navy News. p. 8. OCLC 898207635.



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