HMS Thakeham

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Career RN Ensign
Builder: Fairlie Yacht
Launched: 9th September 1957
Completed: 15th November 1957
Pennant number(s): M2733
IMS70
Fate: Sold 1977

HMS Thakeham 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 Thakeham in West Sussex.

[edit] See also

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