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
Surrey
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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.
References
Ham-class minesweepers
Royal Navy ship names
1954 ships
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