HMS Bisham
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Builder: | J. Bolson (Poole) |
Launched: | 6th March 1954 |
Completed: | 02.07.54 |
Pennant number(s): | M2607 IMS07 |
Fate: | Destroyed by fire, 29th September 1956. Wreck sold 1957 |
HMS Bisham 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 Bisham in Berkshire.
[edit] See also
- Blackman, Raymond V.B., ed. Jane’s Fighting Ships 1952-1953. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1953.