HMS Portisham (M2781)
HMS Portisham was one of 93 ships of the Ham-class of inshore minesweepers.
.jpg) HMS Portisham at Portsmouth Navy Day, 1980. | |
| History | |
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| Name: | HMS Portisham |
| Namesake: | Portisham |
| Builder: | Dorset Yacht Co. |
| Launched: | 3 November 1955 |
| Completed: | 26 March 1956 |
| Homeport: | Balbriggan |
| Identification: | Portisham |
| Fate: | Sold January 1989, currently in private ownership. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Ham-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 120 tons sd |
| Beam: | 21.5ft |
| Propulsion: | Originally, Paxman 12YHAXM, now Scania DS9 & Cummins L10 |
| Speed: | 14 kts |
| Range: | TBD |
| Complement: | 2 - 6 |
| Notes: | Pennant number(s): M2781 / IMS81 |
Portisham as a liveaboard in Balbriggan, 2012.
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Portesham in Dorset, using an alternative spelling for the village.
After her sale in 1989 she was laid up and for sale in a boatyard in Essex. She was procured for conversion to a liveaboard ship by an Irish national in 2007 and is currently the second biggest private vessel under the Irish flag.
References
- https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/man-living-in-floating-home-wins-reprieve-against-council-1.3096381
- http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/supreme-court/supreme-court-defers-ruling-in-row-over-floating-home-in-dublin-1.2303449
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships various editions
- Colledge J.J. Ships of the Royal Navy various editions
- Cocker M.P. Mine Warfare Vessels of the Royal Navy (1993)
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