HMS Wexham (M2738)
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Wexham |
Namesake | Wexham |
Builder | Jason Taylor |
Launched | 3 April 1954 |
Completed | 11 January 1955 |
Fate | Transferred to France, 1955 |
France | |
Name | Armoise |
Acquired | 1955 |
Stricken | 1987 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ham-class minesweeper |
Notes | Pennant number(s): M2738 / IMS75 |
HMS Wexham was a Ham-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy.
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Wexham in Buckinghamshire.
References
[edit]- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)