HMS Sparham (M2731)
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name: | HMS Sparham |
Namesake: | Sparham |
Builder: | Vosper & Company |
Launched: | 14 October 1954 |
Completed: | 26 July 1955 |
Fate: | transferred to France, 30 September 1955 |
France | |
Name: | Hibiscus |
Acquired: | 30 September 1955 |
Struck: | 1986 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Ham-class minesweeper |
Notes: | Pennant number(s): M2731 / IMS68 |
HMS Sparham was a Ham-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy.
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Sparham in Norfolk.
References
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
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