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