HMS Bedham
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Builder: | J. Bolson (Poole) |
Launched: | 29th July 1953 |
Completed: | 18.12.53 |
Pennant number(s): | M2606 IMS06 |
Fate: | Transferred to Malaysia 1959. Renamed Lanka Suka. Broken up 1967. |
HMS Bedham 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 Bedham in West Sussex.
[edit] See also
- Blackman, Raymond V.B., ed. Jane’s Fighting Ships 1952-1953. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1953.