HMS Sparham
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Builder: | Vosper |
Launched: | 14th October 1954 |
Completed: | 26.07.55 |
Pennant number(s): | M2731 IMS68 |
Fate: | Transferred to France, 30th September 1955. Renamed Hibiscus. Stricken 1986 |
HMS Sparham 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 Sparham in Norfolk.
[edit] See also
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)