HMS Ottringham (M2715)

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History
File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Ottringham
NamesakeOttringham
BuilderAilsa Shipbuilding Company
Launched22 January 1958
Completed17 December 1958
Fatetransferred to Ghana, October 1959
File:Naval Ensign of Ghana.svgGhana
NameGNS Afadzato
AcquiredOctober 1959
Commissioned31 October 1959
Fatebroken up, 1977
General characteristics
Class and typeHam-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)
Beam21 ft 4 in (6.50 m)
Draught5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 shaft Paxman 12YHAXM diesels
  • 1,100 bhp (820 kW)
Speed14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement2 officers, 13 ratings
Armament1 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun or Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
NotesPennant number(s): M2715 / IMS52

HMS Ottringham 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 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. 64. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co: 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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