HMS Etchingham

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Career RN Ensign
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)