HMS Brantingham

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Brantingham
NamesakeBrantingham
BuilderAilsa Shipbuilding Company
Launched16 February 1953
Completed2 July 1953
IdentificationPennant number(s): M2612 / IMS12
FateSold 1973
Malaysia
NameKD Temasek
Acquired1958
General characteristics
Class & typeHam-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
Beam21 ft 4 in (6.50 m)
Draught5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 shaft Paxman 12YHAXM diesels
  • 1,100 bhp (820 kW)
Speed14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement2 officers, 13 ratings
Armament1 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun or Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

HMS Brantingham 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 Brantingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

In 1958 it was transferred to the Royal Malayan Navy and renamed KD Temasek.[1]

References

  1. ^ British Association of Malaysia; British Association of Malaysia and Singapore (1958). Malaysia. p. 51. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  • Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)


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