HMS Woldingham (M2778)
History | |
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Name: | HMS Woldingham |
Namesake: | Woldingham |
Builder: | J. Samuel White |
Launched: | 30 November 1955 |
Completed: | 17 July 1957 |
Fate: | Sold September 1966 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Ham-class minesweeper |
Notes: | Pennant number(s): M2778 / IMS78 |
HMS Woldingham 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 Woldingham in Surrey.
References
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
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