HMS Bisham
Appearance
History | |
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Name | HMS Bisham |
Namesake | Bisham |
Builder | J. Bolson, Poole |
Launched | 6 March 1954 |
Completed | 2 July 1954 |
Fate | Destroyed by fire, 29 September 1956. Wreck sold 1957 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ham class minesweeper |
Type | Minesweeper |
Displacement |
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Length | |
Beam | 21 ft 4 in (6.50 m) |
Draught | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
Complement | 2 officers, 13 ratings |
Armament | 1 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun or Oerlikon 20 mm cannon |
Notes | Pennant number(s): M2607 / IMS07 |
HMS Bisham 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 Bisham in Berkshire.
References
[edit]- Blackman, Raymond V.B., ed. Jane's Fighting Ships 1952–1953. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1953.