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HMS Cranham (M2701)

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Name
  
HMS Cranham

Completed
  
1 June 1954

Launched
  
24 November 1953

Draft
  
1.75 m

Namesake
  
Cranham

Class and type
  
Ham class minesweeper

Length
  
32 m

Builder
  
J. Samuel White

Fate
  
Sold September 1966. As of 2007 a cruising vessel Burja

Displacement
  
120 tons standard 164 tons full

HMS Cranham was one of 93 Royal Navy ships of the Ham-class of inshore minesweepers.

Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Cranham in Gloucestershire.

References

HMS Cranham (M2701) Wikipedia