HMS Darsham (M2619)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Darsham
Namesake	Darsham
Builder	Jones Slip
Launched	19 November 1952
Completed	21 December 1953
Fate	Sold 1966
General characteristics
Class and 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): M2619 / IMS21

HMS Darsham was one of 93 Royal Navy ships of the Ham-class of inshore minesweepers. Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham, in this case after Darsham in Suffolk.

References

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