HMS Etchingham
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Builder: | Ailsa (Troon) |
Launched: | 9th December 1957 |
Completed: | 27th June 1958 |
Pennant number(s): | M2625 IMS27 |
Fate: | Sold for breaking 1967 |
HMS Etchingham 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 Etchingham in East Sussex.
[edit] See also
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)