HMS Pulham (M2721)

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Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Pulham
Namesake Pulham
Builder Saunders-Roe
Launched10 January 1956
Completed10 January 1956
FateSold August 1966
General characteristics
Class and type Ham-classminesweeper
Notes Pennant number(s): M2721 / IMS58

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

Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham.

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