Name HMS Powderham Completed 22 May 1960 Launched 27 November 1958 | Namesake Powderham Class and type Ham-class minesweeper Builder J. Samuel White | |
Fate Became survey vessel Waterwitch, 1964. Sold 1986 Notes Pennant number(s) M2720 / IMS57 | ||
HMS Powderham 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 Powderham in Devon.
In 1960 she was selected to be converted to an inshore survey vessel and was renamed HMS Waterwitch. For a while she was manned by civilian Port Auxiliary Service personnel and was named PAS Waterwitch.
In Dec 1998 she was operated by a voluntary, non profit making group of ex Royal Navy and Merchant Navy personnel, who with the co-operation of participating local authorities and other interested organisations offered a shipboard training facility for disadvantaged young people.
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