HMS ''Ottringham'' was one of 93 ships of the of inshore

minesweepers A minesweeper is a small warship designed to remove or detonate naval mines. Using various mechanisms intended to counter the threat posed by naval mines, minesweepers keep waterways clear for safe shipping. History The earliest known usage of ...

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

Ottringham Ottringham is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately to the east of Hull city centre and south-west of Withernsea. It lies on the A1033 road from Hull ...

in the

East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire to t ...

. In 1959, the ship was sold to the Royal Ghana Navy.

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Ham-class minesweepers Ships built in Scotland 1958 ships Cold War minesweepers of the United Kingdom Royal Navy ship names Ham-class minesweepers of the Ghana Navy {{ghana-stub