HMS Littleham (M2707)

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History
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:
  • 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 × 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)