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HMS Kingham (M2704)

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Name
  
HMS Kingham

Completed
  
1 June 1955

Launched
  
26 January 1955

Draft
  
1.75 m

Namesake
  
Kingham

Name
  
Pâquerette (M775)

Length
  
32 m

Builder
  
J. Samuel White

Identification
  
Pennant number(s) M2704 / IMS41

Fate
  
transferred to France, 1955

HMS Kingham was a Ham-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy.

Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Kingham in Oxfordshire.

References

HMS Kingham (M2704) Wikipedia


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