Name HMS Fordham Completed 13 December 1956 Class and type Ham class minesweeper Length 32 m Builder Jones Slip | Namesake Fordham Fate Sold 1981 Launched 7 August 1956 Draft 1.75 m | |
Displacement 120 tons standard
164 tons full | ||
HMS Fordham 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 Fordham in Cambridgeshire.
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