HMS Bassingham

HMS Bassingham was one of 93 ships of the Ham class of inshore minesweepers, of which HMS Inglesham was the first. Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Bassingham in Lincolnshire. She was built by Vospers Ltd. of Portsmouth, which later became Vosper-Thorneycroft and was commissioned in October 1953. She displaced 164 tons fully laden and was armed with one 40 mm Bofors gun.

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Ham-class inshore minesweeper, inshore minesweeper, Vosper & Company, Royal Navy, United Kingdom, 

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1953-10-01T00:00:00Z

1953-10-01T00:00:00Z

ship completed

1952-06-24T00:00:00Z

1952-06-24T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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Frameless

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