HMS Reedham (M2723)
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Reedham |
Namesake | Reedham |
Builder | Saunders-Roe |
Launched | 19 August 1958 |
Completed | 20 November 1958 |
Fate | Sold August 1966 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ham-class minesweeper |
Notes | Pennant number(s): M2723 / IMS60 |
HMS Reedham was one of 93 ships of the Ham-class of inshore minesweepers.
The ship was named after Reedham in Norfolk. It portrayed the fictional HMS Compton in the 1959 film The Navy Lark.
References
[edit]- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)