HMS Sparham (M2731)
Appearance
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 |
Stricken | 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
[edit]- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)