HMS Abbotsham
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Career | |
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Builder: | Wm. Blackmore |
Launched: | 16 December 1955 |
Completed: | 10 January 1957 |
Pennant number(s): | M2787 IMS87 |
Fate: | Sold June 1967. As of June 2006 she is available for charter or purchase in Holland. |
HMS Abbotsham 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 Abbotsham in Devon.
[edit] See also
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
- Details at the Ton-class Assocation site