HMS ''Damerham'' was one of 93 ships of the of inshore

minesweepers A minesweeper is a small warship designed to remove or detonate naval mines. Using various mechanisms intended to counter the threat posed by naval mines, minesweepers keep waterways clear for safe shipping. History The earliest known usage of ...

. Their names were all chosen from villages ending in ''-ham''. The minesweeper was named after

Damerham Damerham is a rural village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, located near Fordingbridge, on the River Allen. Damerham has notable Neolithic and Bronze Age barrows. It was the site of an Anglo-Saxon religious community, mentioned in the ...

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...

. On 2 July 1960, while moored in Hong Kong harbour, ''Damerham'' was rammed and almost cut in half by the frigate

References

*Blackman, R.V.B. ed. ''Jane's Fighting Ships'' (1953) {{DEFAULTSORT:Damerham Ham-class minesweepers Royal Navy ship names 1953 ships