HMS Hovingham

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Career RN Ensign
Builder: Fairlie Yacht
Launched: 24th May 1956
Completed: 11th July 1956
Pennant number(s): M2637
IMS39
Fate: Sold 1966

HMS Hovingham 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 Hovingham in North Yorkshire.

[edit] See also

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