HMS Warmingham (M2737)
History | |
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Name: | HMS Warmingham |
Namesake: | Warmingham |
Builder: | Thornycroft |
Launched: | 23 April 1954 |
Completed: | 30 November 1956 |
Fate: | Sold 1983 |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Ham-class minesweeper |
Notes: | Pennant number(s): M2737 / IMS74 |
HMS Warmingham was one of 93 ships of the Ham-class of inshore minesweepers. All of the ships in this class had names that were chosen from villages ending in -ham. The HMS Warmingham was named after Warmingham, in Cheshire, England.
References
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
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