Name HMS Damerham Completed 19 March 1954 Class and type Ham class minesweeper Launched 15 June 1953 Builder Brooke Marine | Namesake Damerham Fate Sold September 1966 Type Minesweeper Draft 1.68 m | |
HMS Damerham 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 Damerham in Hampshire.
On 2 July 1960, while moored in Hong Kong harbour, Damerham was rammed and almost cut in half by the frigate HMS St Brides Bay
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