HMS Mickleham (M2710)
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HMS ''Mickleham'' 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 Mickleham in
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History

*Blackman, R.V.B. ed. ''Jane's Fighting Ships'' (1953) *Sold by admiralty in 1966. *Purchased by John Stanley Gordon of Gordon Keeble sports car fame. *Renamed 'Katherine of Gower' *Converted to charter yacht and completed in 1970s. *Sold to Saudi Arabian interests in the 1980s.


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Ham-class minesweepers Royal Navy ship names 1954 ships {{UK-minesweeper-stub