HMS Pagham
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Jones Slip |
| Launched: | 4 October 1955 |
| Completed: | 22 March 1956 |
| Pennant number(s): | M2716 IMS53 |
| Fate: | Sold 1983 |
HMS Pagham 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 Pagham in West Sussex.
Pagham was for many years based in Drummore harbour and used as a range support vessel at the West Freugh weapons development and training facility in Luce Bay at the entrance to the Solway Firth.
In 1978 she was loaned to the Stranraer Sea Cadet Unit, and formally given to them on 1 May 1999. She was subsequently sold to a private owner and stripped of reclaimable parts. In March 2008 she lies part stripped of usable parts and with a significant list in Drummore harbour, near Stranraer.
[edit] See also
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
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