History | |
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Name | HMS Tongham |
Namesake | Tongham |
Builder | James Miller, St Monance |
Launched | 30 November 1955 |
Completed | 18 June 1957 |
Fate | Sold 1980 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ham-class minesweeper |
Notes | Pennant number(s): M2735 / IMS72 |
HMS Tongham 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 Tongham in Surrey. Dry stored ashore at the Gareloch base, and on release used by the RNXS, based at Greenock.