HMS Harpham (M2634)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Harpham
Namesake	Harpham
Builder	Jones Slip
Launched	14 September 1954
Completed	22 December 1954
Fate	Transferred to Libya 1962
Libya
Name	Brak
Acquired	1962
Fate	Broken up 1973
General characteristics
Class and type	Ham class minesweeper
Type	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
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): M2634 / IMS36

HMS Harpham was one of 93 ships of the Ham-class of inshore minesweepers. She was built in 1954 by the Jones Shipyard in Buckie, Moray. She was sold to Libya in 1962 and renamed Brak.[1] She remained in Libyan service until she was broken up in 1973.

Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Harpham in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

References

1. "HMS Harpham". battleships-cruisers.co.uk. Cranston Fine Arts. Retrieved 26 November 2016.

• Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)