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Encyclopedia > Ley Class Minesweepers

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The Ley class ships were inshore minehunters built for the Royal Navy in the mid 1950s. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ...


Of wood and non-magnetic metal construction they displaced 164 tons fully laden. Armament was 1 x 40 mm Bofors gun. Bofors is an iron works, cannon maker, and defence industry located in Karlskoga, Sweden. ...


The class was a development of the Ham class and was quite small in numbers, only 10 being built. Some were disarmed and used as Training Vessels.


They were not equipped for sweeping moored and magnetic mines.


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HMS Bassingham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (228 words)
HMS Bassingham was one of 76 ships of the Ham class of inshore minesweepers, of which Inglesham (M2601) was the first.
The engines of this class were Paxman Diesels, some of which were built under licence by Ruston and Hornsby of Lincoln.
The class was designed to operate in the shallow water of rivers and estuaries.
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