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| History | |
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| File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom | |
| Name: | HMS Hildersham |
| Namesake: | Hildersham |
| Builder: | Vosper |
| Launched: | 5 February 1954 |
| Completed: | 9 November 1954 |
| Fate: | transferred to India, 1955 |
 India
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| Name: | INS Bimlipatan |
| Acquired: | 1955 |
| Stricken: | 1994 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | -class minesweeper |
| Displacement: |
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| Length: | 106 ft 6 in (32.46 m) |
| Beam: | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Draught: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft Paxman 12YHAXM diesels, 1,100 bhp (820 kW) |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 2 officers, 13 ratings |
| Armament: | 1 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun / 20 mm Oerlikon gun |
| Notes: | Pennant number(s): M2705 / IMS42 |
HMS Hildersham was one of 93 ships of the class of inshore minesweepers.
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Hildersham in Cambridgeshire.
References
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
