HMS Rampisham (M2786)
| History | |
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| Name: | HMS Rampisham |
| Namesake: | Rampisham |
| Builder: | J. Bolson, Poole |
| Launched: | 1 May 1957 |
| Completed: | 18 October 1957 |
| Fate: | Sold August 1966 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Ham-class minesweeper |
| Notes: | Pennant number(s): M2786 / IMS86 |
HMS Rampisham 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 Rampisham in Dorset.
She was renamed HMS Squirrel in December 1957, and reverted to Rampisham in December 1959.
References
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
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