HMS Edlingham (M2623)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Edlingham
Namesake	Edlingham
Builder	William Weatherhead & Sons, Cockenzie
Launched	21 July 1955
Completed	16 September 1956
Fate	Destroyed by fire 29 September 1956. Wreck sold 1957.
General characteristics
Class & type	Ham class minesweeper
Type	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;
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): M2623 / IMS25

HMS Edlingham 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 Edlingham in Northumberland.

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