Name HMS Davenham Completed 8 December 1953 Class and type Ham class minesweeper Draft 1.68 m | Namesake Davenham Fate Sold 1966 Launched 23 March 1953 | |
Builder William Weatherhead & Sons, Cockenzie | ||
HMS Davenham 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 Davenham in Cheshire.
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