HMS Popham
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Vosper, Southampton |
| Launched: | 11th January 1955 |
| Completed: | 4th October 1955 |
| Pennant number(s): | M2782 IMS82 |
| Fate: | Sold 17th February 1976 |
HMS Popham 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 Popham in Hampshire.
HMS Popham was laid down in 1954 as HMS Hatterley at Vospers (the Ley Class was similar to the Ham but only 10 ships were built). Following completion she remained in operational reserve at Hythe on Southampton Water until 1956. She was then land-cradled at Rosneath on the Clyde until 1963 and transferred to the Royal Australian Navy on 9 Jun 1966. She arrived in Sydney as deck cargo onboard the freighter Gladstone Star on 3 Sep 1967. Although she was due to be converted into a diving tender and renamed OTTER (Y.299), she remained in reserve in a cradle at Garden Island, Sydney. She was listed for disposal on 31 Dec 1975 and sold on 17 Feb 1976.
[edit] See also
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
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