HMS ''Flintham'' was one of 93 ships of the of inshore
minesweepers.
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in ''-ham''. The minesweeper was named after
Flintham
Flintham is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district in Nottinghamshire, 7 miles (11 km) from Newark-on-Trent and opposite RAF Syerston on the A46. It had a population of 597 at the 2011 Census and estimated at 586 in 2019. The vil ...
in
Nottinghamshire.
References
*Blackman, R.V.B. ed. ''Jane's Fighting Ships'' (1953)
Ham-class minesweepers
Royal Navy ship names
1955 ships
Ships built in England
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