Name HMS Arlingham Completed 24 November 1953 Class and type Ham class minesweeper Draft 1.68 m | Namesake Arlingham Decommissioned 3 September 1953 Launched 1 April 1953 Builder Camper and Nicholsons | |
Fate Sold to Gibraltar Underwater Contractors 19 September 1978 | ||
HMS Arlingham was one of 93 ships of the Ham-class of inshore minesweepers.
The names of these ships were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. This minesweeper was named after Arlingham in Gloucestershire.
In 1969, HMS Arlingham was rammed by a Spanish Customs launch near Gibraltar, which was later the subject of a formal complaint.
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