HMS Elsenham
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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)