History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Mickleham
Namesake	Mickleham
Builder	Berthon Boat Company
Launched	11 March 1954
Completed	10 May 1955
Fate	Sold August 1966
General characteristics
Class and type	Ham class minesweeper
Displacement	120 tons standard 164 tons full
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): M2710 / IMS47

HMS Mickleham was one of 93 ships of the Ham-class of inshore minesweepers.^[1]

Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Mickleham in Surrey.

History

• Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
• Sold by admiralty in 1966.
• Purchased by John Stanley Gordon of Gordon Keeble sports car fame.
• Renamed 'Katherine of Gower'
• Converted to charter yacht and completed in 1970s.
• Sold to Saudi Arabian interests in the 1980s.