HMS Whippingham (M2739)
Appearance
History | |
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Name | HMS Whippingham |
Namesake | Whippingham |
Builder | Jason Taylor |
Launched | 28 August 1954 |
Completed | 21 June 1955 |
Fate | Transferred to France, 1955 |
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Name | Dahlia |
Acquired | 1955 |
Stricken | 1992 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ham-class minesweeper |
Notes | Pennant number(s): M2739 / IMS76 |
HMS Whippingham was a Ham-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy.
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Whippingham on the Isle of Wight.
References
[edit]- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)