HMS Thakeham (M2733)
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Name: | HMS Thakeham |
Namesake: | Thakeham |
Builder: | Fairlie Yacht |
Launched: | 9 September 1957 |
Completed: | 15 November 1957 |
Fate: | Sold 1977 |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Ham-class minesweeper |
Notes: | Pennant number(s): M2733 / IMS70 |
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.
References
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
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