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History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Rampisham
Namesake Rampisham
BuilderJ. Bolson, Poole
Launched1 May 1957
Completed18 October 1957
FateSold August 1966
General characteristics
Class and type Ham-class minesweeper
Notes Pennant number(s): M2786 / IMS86

HMS Rampisham 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 Rampisham in Dorset.

She was renamed HMS Squirrel in December 1957, and reverted to Rampisham in December 1959.

References

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


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Rampisham
Namesake Rampisham
BuilderJ. Bolson, Poole
Launched1 May 1957
Completed18 October 1957
FateSold August 1966
General characteristics
Class and type Ham-class minesweeper
Notes Pennant number(s): M2786 / IMS86

HMS Rampisham 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 Rampisham in Dorset.

She was renamed HMS Squirrel in December 1957, and reverted to Rampisham in December 1959.

References

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



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