HMS Thakeham (M2733)

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Name HMS Thakeham Completed 15 November 1957 Class and type Ham-class minesweeper Builder Fairlie Yacht		Namesake Thakeham Fate Sold 1977 Launched 9 September 1957
Notes Pennant number(s) M2733 / IMS70

HMS Thakeham 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 Thakeham in West Sussex.

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