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HMS Malham (M2789)

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History
United Kingdom
NameMalham
NamesakeMalham
BuilderFairlie Yacht
Launched29 August 1958
Completed10 December 1958
Fatetransferred to Ghana, October 1959
Ghana
NameYogada
AcquiredOctober 1959
Commissioned31 October 1959
Fatebroken up, 1977
General characteristics
Class and 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): M2789 / IMS89

HMS Malham 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 Malham in North Yorkshire.

References

  • Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
Ham-class minesweepers
 Royal Navy
Other operators
 Royal Australian Navy
 French Navy
 Ghana Navy
 Indian Navy
 Libyan Navy
 Royal Malaysian Navy
 Royal Saudi Navy
List of mine-countermeasure vessels of the Royal Navy


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