HMS Shipham (M2726)
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| Name: | HMS Shipham |
| Namesake: | Shipham |
| Builder: | Brooke Marine |
| Launched: | 14 July 1955 |
| Completed: | 3 February 1956 |
| Fate: | Sold 1986 |
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| Class & type: | Ham-class minesweeper |
| Notes: | Pennant number(s): M2726 / IMS63 |
HMS Shipham 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 Shipham in Somerset.
References
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
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