HMS Petersham

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Career RN Ensign
Builder: H McLean (Renfrew)
Launched: 12th January 1955
Completed: 9th March 1955
Pennant number(s): M2718
IMS55
Fate: Transferred to France on completion 1955. Renamed Capucine (M782). Stricken 1985

HMS Petersham 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 Petersham in Surrey.

[edit] See also

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