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| History |
 United Kingdom |
| Name: | HMS Brantingham |
| Namesake: | Brantingham |
| Builder: | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company |
| Launched: | 16 February 1953 |
| Completed: | 2 July 1953 |
| Identification: | Pennant number(s): M2612 / IMS12 |
| Fate: | Sold 1973 |
| General characteristics |
| Class and type: | Ham-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | - 120 long tons (122 t) standard
- 164 long tons (167 t) full load
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| Length: | - 100 ft (30 m) p/p
- 106 ft 6 in (32.46 m) o/a
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| 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)
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| Speed: | 14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 2 officers, 13 ratings |
| Armament: | 1 × Bofors 40 mm gun or Oerlikon 20 mm cannon |
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.
In 1958 it was transferred to the Royal Malayan Navy and renamed HMMS Temasek.[1]
References
- ^ British Association of Malaysia; British Association of Malaysia and Singapore (1958). Malaysia. p. 51. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
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