History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Georgeham
NamesakeGeorgeham
BuilderP.K. Harris
Launched15 February 1957
Completed5 November 1957
FateSold November 1967
General characteristics
Class & typeHam class minesweeper
Displacement
  • 120 tons standard
  • 164 tons full
Length106 ft 6 in (32.46 m)
Beam22 ft (6.7 m)
Draught5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Propulsion2 shaft Paxman 12YHAXM diesels, 1,100 bhp (820 kW)
Speed14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement2 officers, 13 ratings
Armament1 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun / 20 mm Oerlikon gun
NotesPennant number(s): M2788 / IMS88

HMS Georgeham 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 Georgeham in Devon.

References

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


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Georgeham

Georgeham is a village and civil parish near Croyde, in North Devon. The appropriate electoral ward is termed Georgeham and Mortehoe with total population

Ham-class minesweeper

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2001 New Year Honours

National Benevolent Fund. Joyce, Mrs. Vale. For services to the community in Georgeham and Barnstaple, Devon. Alan Henry Vincent, Head of Engineering, GKN Westland