Class and type Ham class minesweeper Draft 1.68 m | Completed 17 June 1953 Launched 19 December 1952 | |
Fate Sold 1969 and converted to yacht, and re-named Mangusta, Non Stop, and Vana of Cranbourne. As of 2007 named Osprey. | ||
HMS Chillingham 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 Chillingham in Northumberland.
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