HMS Pineham (M2719)
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Name | HMS Pineham |
Namesake | Pineham |
Builder | H. McLean, Renfrew |
Launched | 9 May 1955 |
Completed | 22 July 1955 |
Fate | Transferred to France, 10 November 1955 |
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Name | Petunia |
Acquired | 10 November 1955 |
Fate | Broken up, 1985 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ham-class minesweeper |
Notes | Pennant number(s): M2719 / IMS56 |
HMS Pineham was a Ham-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy.
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Pineham in Buckinghamshire.
References
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)