HMS Birdham
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Builder: | Jason Taylor |
Launched: | 19th September 1955 |
Completed: | 5th March 1957 |
Pennant number(s): | M2785 IMS85 |
Fate: | Sold 1980 |
HMS Birdham 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 Birdham in West Sussex.
[edit] See also
- Blackman, Raymond V.B., ed. Jane’s Fighting Ships 1952-1953. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1953.