Builder Jones Slip Name Brak Draft 1.68 m | Completed 22 December 1954 Launched 14 September 1954 | |
Fate Transferred to Libya 1962 | ||
HMS Harpham was one of 93 ships of the Ham-class of inshore minesweepers. She was built in 1954 by the Jones Shipyard in Buckie, Moray. SHe was sold to Libya in 1962 and renamed Brak. She remained in Libyan service until she was broken up in 1973.
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Harpham in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
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