HMS Elsenham

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Career RN Ensign
Builder: Ailsa (Troon)
Launched: 25th May 1955
Completed: 11th January 1956
Pennant number(s): M2624
IMS26
Fate: Sold to the Federation of South Arabia 1967. Stricken 1984

HMS Elsenham 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 Elsenham in Essex.

[edit] See also

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