Name HMS Elsenham Completed 11 January 1956 Type Minesweeper Draft 1.68 m | Namesake Elsenham Class and type Ham class minesweeper Launched 25 May 1955 | |
Fate Sold to the Federation of South Arabia 1967. Stricken 1984. Builder Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | ||
HMS Elsenham 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 Elsenham in Essex.
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