HMS Riplingham
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Builder: | Brooke Marine |
Launched: | 11 January 1955 |
Completed: | 1 July 1955 |
Pennant number(s): | M2725 IMS62 |
Fate: | Transferred to France 1955. Renamed Myosotis. Stricken 1985 |
HMS Riplingham 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 Riplingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
[edit] See also
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)