HMS Mickleham (M2710)

HMS Mickleham was one of 93 ships of the Ham-class of inshore minesweepers.^[1]

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Mickleham
Namesake	Mickleham
Builder	Berthon Boat Company
Launched	11 March 1954
Completed	10 May 1955
Fate	Sold August 1966
General characteristics
Class & type	Ham class minesweeper
Displacement	120 tons standard 164 tons full
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 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun / 20 mm Oerlikon gun
Notes	Pennant number(s): M2710 / IMS47

Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Mickleham in Surrey.

History

• Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
• Sold by admiralty in 1966.
• Purchased by John Stanley Gordon of Gordon Keeble sports car fame.
• Renamed 'Katherine of Gower'
• Converted to charter yacht and completed in 1970s.
• Sold to Saudi Arabian interests in the 1980s.