HMS ''Rampisham'' 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

Rampisham Rampisham ( or ) is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated approximately northwest of the county town Dorchester. The village is sited on greensand in a valley surrounded by the chalk hills of the Dor ...

in Dorset. She was renamed in December 1957, and reverted to ''Rampisham'' in December 1959.

References

*Blackman, R.V.B. ed. ''Jane's Fighting Ships'' (1953) Ham-class minesweepers Royal Navy ship names 1957 ships Ships built in England Ships of the Fishery Protection Squadron of the United Kingdom {{UK-minesweeper-stub