Name HMS Etchingham Completed 27 June 1958 Class and type Ham class minesweeper Launched 9 December 1957 | Namesake Etchingham Fate Sold for breaking 1967 Type Minesweeper Draft 1.68 m | |
Builder Ailsa Shipbuilding Company | ||
HMS Etchingham 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 Etchingham in East Sussex. In the 1960s Etchingham and a similar ship, Cardinham were in service with the Hong Kong Royal Naval Reserve, until the unit was disbanded on 31 March 1967.
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