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

minesweeper 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 ...

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

Brantingham Brantingham is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, about north of Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire, Brough, west of Kingston upon Hull, Hull and north of the A63 road. The United Kin ...

in the

East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, often abbreviated to the East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, S ...

. In 1958 it was transferred to the Royal Malayan Navy and renamed KD ''Temasek''.

References

*Blackman, R.V.B. ed. ''Jane's Fighting Ships'' (1953) Ham-class minesweepers Royal Navy ship names 1953 ships {{UK-minesweeper-stub