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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United Kingdom | United Kingdom|naval}} | Ship name= HMS Asheldham | Ship namesake=Asheldham | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder=Philip and Son | Ship original cost= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched= 9 September 1953 | Ship christened= | Ship completed= 9 September 1954 | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= | Ship recommissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship identification= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship captured= | Ship fate= Transferred to Malaysia, 1 April 1959 | Ship status= | Ship notes=Pennant number(s): M2604 / IMS04 | Ship badge=
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=title | Ship country=Malaysia | Ship flag= | Ship name=KD Sri Perlis | Ship acquired= 1 April 1959 | Ship struck= | Ship fate=broken up 1967[1]
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Header caption=[2] | Ham|minesweeper|1}} | 120|LT|t|0}} standard- {{convert|159|LT|t|0}} full load
| 100|ft|m|abbr=on}} p/p- {{convert|106|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} o/a
| 21|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | 5|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship depth= | Ship propulsion=*2 shaft Paxman diesels | 14|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}} | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship complement=15 | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament=1 × 40 mm Bofors gun | Ship armour= | Ship notes=
}} | HMS Asheldham was one of 93 ships of the {{sclass2-|Ham|minesweeper|4}} of inshore minesweepers. Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Asheldham in Essex. HMS Asheldham (Pennant number M2604) was a member of the first series of Ham-class minesweepers, with composite wood and aluminium construction. It was built by Philip and Son of Dartmouth, Devon and was completed on 9 September 1953.[2][3] Asheldham served as part of the 232nd Mine Sweeper Squadron at Harwich in Essex from 1954 to 1956, after which it was placed into reserve.[4] The Ham class had proved too small to carry modern minesweeping equipment and most of the class were withdrawn from use or transferred to secondary roles.[2]The ship was transferred to the Royal Malayan Navy on 1 April 1958, being renamed Sri Perlis.[5] Following transfer, Sri Perlis{{'}} 40mm Bofors gun and minesweeping gear was removed and replaced by three 20 mm Oerlikon cannon,[6] although the minesweeping gear was later re-fitted, with the ship retaining a single Oerlikon gun.[7] References1. ^Ham Class Minesweepers
2. ^1 2 Gardiner and Chumbley, 1995, p. 541.
3. ^Worth 1986, p. 123.
4. ^Worth 1986, pp. 2, 125.
5. ^Worth 1986, p. 125.
6. ^Blackman 1960, p. 82.
7. ^Blackman 1962, p. 162.
Sources- {{Ref Jane's||| 1953 ships }}
- {{cite book|last=Blackman|first=Raymond V. B.|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 1960–61|year=1960|publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd|location=London}}
- {{cite book|last=Blackman|first=Raymond V. B.|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 1962–63|year=1962|publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd|location=London}}
- {{cite book|last1=Gardiner|first1=Robert|last2=Chumbley|first2=Stephen|title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995|year=1995|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland, USA|isbn=1-55750-132-7}}
- {{cite book|last=Worth|first=Jack|title=British Warships Since 1945: Part 4: Minesweepers|year=1986|publisher=Maritime Books|location=Liskeard, UK|isbn=0-907771-12-2}}
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