HMS Ledsham

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Career RN Ensign
Builder: J. Bolson (Poole) .
Launched: 30th June 1954
Completed: 22nd March 1955
Pennant number(s): M2706
IMS43
Fate: Sold April 1971.

Re-named NIPATINA

Current whereabouts: Deptford Creek, London (2007)

HMS Ledsham 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 Ledsham, Cheshire or Ledsham, West Yorkshire.

[edit] See also

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