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HMS Brantingham (M2612)

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Name
  
HMS Brantingham

Completed
  
2 July 1953

Class and type
  
Ham class minesweeper

Launched
  
16 February 1953

Namesake
  
Brantingham

Fate
  
Sold 1973

Type
  
Minesweeper

Draft
  
1.68 m

Builder
  
Ailsa Shipbuilding Company

HMS Brantingham 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 Brantingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

References

HMS Brantingham (M2612) Wikipedia