Name HMS Halsham Completed 9 July 1954 Class and type Ham-class minesweeper Builder Jones Slip | Namesake Halsham Fate Sold 1981 Launched September 1953 | |
Displacement 120 long tons (122 t) standard
164 long tons (167 t) full load | ||
HMS Halsham 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 Halsham in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
She was transferred to the Air Ministry in 1966 and renamed No.5002. Following her transfer to the RCT in 1974 she was renamed Richard George Masters V.C.
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