HMS Brantingham

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
Malaysia
Name	KD Temasek
Acquired	1958
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;
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

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 KD Temasek.^[1]

References

^ British Association of Malaysia; British Association of Malaysia and Singapore (1958). Malaysia. p. 51. Retrieved 9 January 2018.

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
Malaysia
Name	KD Temasek
Acquired	1958
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
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