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HMS Ockham (M2714)

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Name
  
HMS Ockham

Completed
  
5 November 1959

Class and type
  
Ham class minesweeper

Length
  
32 m

Namesake
  
Ockham, Surrey

Fate
  
Sold September 1967

Launched
  
12 May 1959

Draft
  
1.75 m

Displacement
  
120 tons standard 164 tons full

Builder
  
Ailsa Shipbuilding Company

HMS Ockham 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 Ockham in Surrey.

References

HMS Ockham (M2714) Wikipedia