History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Halsham
NamesakeHalsham
BuilderJones Slip
Launched22 September 1953
Completed9 July 1954
FateSold 1981
General characteristics
Class and 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
NotesPennant number(s): M2633 / IMS35

HMS Halsham was one of 93 ships of the Ham class of inshore minesweepers of the Royal Navy. Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Halsham in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

She was transferred from the Royal Navy to Royal Air Force duties in 1966 and renamed No.5002 (later No.5012) and converted to a research and trials vessel for Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough. By 1972, she was the only remaining RAF-operated marine asset, and to provide continued efficient management she was transferred to the Royal Corps of Transport's civilian fleet and renamed Richard George Masters.[1] Private Masters was the sole recipient of the Victoria Cross in the Royal Army Service Corps during the First World War.[2]

Notes

  1. Habesch, David (2001). The Army's Navy : British Military Vessels and their History since Henry VIII. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 166. ISBN 1-86176-157-0.
  2. "Ship Named after War Hero". Liverpool Echo. No. 28912. 19 December 1972. p. 1. Retrieved 10 February 2022 via British Newspaper Archive.

References

  • Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)


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