HMS Littleham (M2707)
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name: | HMS Littleham |
Namesake: | Littleham |
Builder: | Brooke Marine |
Launched: | 4 April 1954 |
Completed: | 21 October 1954 |
Fate: | Transferred to India, 15 June 1955. |
Notes: | Pennant number(s): M2707 / IMS44 |
India | |
Name: | INS Bassein |
Namesake: | Bassein |
Acquired: | 15 June 1955 |
Stricken: | 1994 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | -class minesweeper |
Displacement: |
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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 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun / 20 mm Oerlikon gun |
HMS Littleham was one of 93 ships of the class of inshore minesweepers.
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Littleham in Devon.
References[edit]
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)