HMS Shipham (M2726)

HMS Shipham was one of 93 ships of the Ham-class of inshore minesweepers.

HMS Shipham, off Great Yarmouth, 1978.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Shipham
Namesake	Shipham
Builder	Brooke Marine
Launched	14 July 1955
Completed	3 February 1956
Fate	Sold 1986
General characteristics
Class & type	Ham-class minesweeper
Notes	Pennant number(s): M2726 / IMS63

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

From at least 1970 to 1985, HMS Shipham was known as XSV Shipham. During this period she was in service with the Royal Naval Auxiliary Service (R.N.X.S.) along with several of her sister ships, including Portisham, and Thakeham. The change from, Her Majesty's Ship - HMS to auXiliary Service Vessel - XSV was to avoid confusion between an armed warship, and a civilian crewed, unarmed, training vessel, yet still under Admiralty control.

References

• Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)