HMS Wintringham
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | J. Samuel White (IOW) |
| Launched: | 24th May 1955 |
| Completed: | 8th December 1955 |
| Pennant number(s): | M2777 IMS77 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Australia, 1967. Renamed Seal and used as a Diving Tender. Sold 1988 |
HMS Wintringham 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 Wintringham.
She remained in operational reserve in a land cradle at Rosneath on the Clyde until 1963. She was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy on 9th June 1966 and arrived in Sydney as deck cargo onboard the freighter Gladstone Star in 1967. She was converted into a diving tender by Halvorsens, renamed HMAS Seal (DTV1001 & Y298) and entered service in Dec 1968. She was decommissioned in 1988 and sold on 29 Nov 1989.
[edit] See also
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
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