HMS Tibenham (M2734)
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name: | HMS Tibenham |
Namesake: | Tibenham |
Builder: | McGruer, Clynder |
Launched: | 10 March 1955 |
Completed: | 28 April 1955 |
Fate: | transferred to France, 1955 |
France | |
Name: | Geranium |
Acquired: | 1955 |
Struck: | 1987 |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Ham-class minesweeper |
Notes: | Pennant number(s): M2734 / IMS71 |
HMS Tibenham was a Ham-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy.
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Tibenham, Norfolk.
References
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
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