HMS Wrentham (M2779)
| History | |
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| Name: | HMS Wrentham |
| Namesake: | Wrentham |
| Builder: | Dorset Yacht Company |
| Launched: | 8 February 1955 |
| Completed: | 6 July 1955 |
| Fate: | Sold August 1966 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Ham-class minesweeper |
| Notes: | Pennant number(s): M2779 / IMS79 |
HMS Wrentham 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 Wrentham in Suffolk.
References
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
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