Name HMS Hovingham Completed 11 July 1956 Class and type Ham class minesweeper Launched 24 May 1956 Builder Fairlie Yacht | Namesake Hovingham Fate Sold 1966 Type Minesweeper Draft 1.68 m | |
HMS Hovingham 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 Hovingham in North Yorkshire.
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