HMS Chillingham

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Career RN Ensign
Builder: McLean (Renfrew) .
Launched: 19th December 1952
Completed: 17th June 1953
Pennant number(s): M2617
IMS17
Fate: Sold August 1969

HMS Chillingham 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 Chillingham in Northumberland.

[edit] See also

  • Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)