Name HMS Bisham Builder J. Bolson, Poole Class and type Ham class minesweeper Draft 1.68 m | Namesake Bisham Completed 2 July 1954 Launched 6 March 1954 | |
Fate Destroyed by fire, 29 September 1956. Wreck sold 1957 | ||
HMS Bisham 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 Bisham in Berkshire.
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