HMS Ottringham

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Ottringham
Namesake	Ottringham
Builder	Ailsa Shipbuilding Company
Launched	22 January 1958
Completed	17 December 1958
Fate	transferred to Ghana, October 1959
Ghana
Name	GNS Afadzato
Acquired	October 1959
Commissioned	31 October 1959
Fate	broken up, 1977
General characteristics
Class & type	Ham-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);
Beam	21 ft 4 in (6.50 m)
Draught	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Propulsion	2 shaft Paxman 12YHAXM diesels; 1,100 bhp (820 kW);
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): 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

↑ Blackman, Raymond, ed. (1961). "Minesweepers". Jane's Fighting Ships. 64. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co: 285. ISSN 0075-3025. OCLC 804621601.
↑ Berridge, H R, ed. (November 1959). "First Ship for Royal Ghana Navy". The Navy News. No. 65. Portsmouth: Navy News. p. 8. OCLC 898207635.