Name HMS Birdham Builder Jason Taylor Fate Sold 1980 Launched 19 September 1955 Draft 1.75 m | Namesake Birdham Completed 5 March 1957 Class and type Ham class minesweeper Length 32 m | |
HMS Birdham 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 Birdham in West Sussex.
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