HMS Rackham (M2722)
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| Name: | HMS Rackham |
| Namesake: | Rackham |
| Builder: | Saunders-Roe |
| Launched: | 27 April 1956 |
| Completed: | 26 June 1956 |
| Fate: | Sold July 1967 |
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| Class & type: | Ham-class minesweeper |
| Notes: | Pennant number(s): M2722 / IMS59 |
HMS Rackham was one of 93 ships of the Ham-class of inshore minesweepers.
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Rackham in West Sussex.
References
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
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