HMS Riplingham (M2725)
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name: | HMS Riplingham |
Namesake: | Riplingham |
Builder: | Brooke Marine |
Launched: | 11 January 1955 |
Completed: | 1 July 1955 |
Fate: | transferred to France, 1955 |
France | |
Name: | Myosotis |
Acquired: | 1955 |
Struck: | 1985 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Ham-class minesweeper |
Notes: | Pennant number(s): M2725 / IMS62 |
HMS Riplingham was a Ham-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy.
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Riplingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
References
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
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