HMS Kingham (M2704)
| History | |
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 United Kingdom |
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| Name: | HMS Kingham |
| Namesake: | Kingham |
| Builder: | J. Samuel White |
| Launched: | 26 January 1955 |
| Completed: | 1 June 1955 |
| Identification: | Pennant number(s): M2704 / IMS41 |
| Fate: | transferred to France, 1955 |
 France |
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| Name: | Pâquerette (M775) |
| Struck: | 4 May 1988 |
| Identification: | Pennant number(s): A742 / P742 |
| Fate: | sold, 25 January 1996[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Ham-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: |
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| 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 × 40 mm Bofors / 20 mm Oerlikon gun |
HMS Kingham was a Ham-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy.
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Kingham in Oxfordshire.
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