History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Sparham |
Namesake | Sparham |
Builder | Vosper & Company |
Launched | 14 October 1954 |
Completed | 26 July 1955 |
Fate | Transferred to France, 30 September 1955 |
France | |
Name | Hibiscus |
Acquired | 30 September 1955 |
Stricken | 1986 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ham-class minesweeper |
Notes | Pennant number(s): M2731 / IMS68 |
HMS Sparham was a Ham-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy.
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Sparham in Norfolk.
Sparham is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It covers an area of 7.22 km2 (2.79 sq mi) and had a population of 291 in 109 households at the 2001 census, including Bylaugh and increasing to a population of 341 in 143 households at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the Upper Wensum Ward of Breckland District Council and the Elmham and Mattishall Division of Norfolk County Council.
The Ham class was a class of inshore minesweepers (IMS), known as the Type 1, of the British Royal Navy. The class was designed to operate in the shallow water of rivers and estuaries. All of the ships in the class are named for British place names that end with -"ham". The parent firm that was responsible for supervising construction was Samuel White of Cowes, Isle of Wight.
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