HMS Ottringham (M2715)

History
United Kingdom
Name HMS Ottringham
Namesake Ottringham
Builder Ailsa Shipbuilding Company
Launched 22 January 1958
Completed 17 December 1958
Fate transferred to Ghana, October 1959
Ghana
Name GNS Afadzato
Acquired October 1959
Commissioned 31 October 1959
Fate broken up, 1977
General characteristics
Class and type Ham-class 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, except third sub-group 107 ft 6 in (32.77 m)
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): M2715 / IMS52

HMS Ottringham 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 Ottringham in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

In 1959, the ship was sold to the Royal Ghana Navy.