HMS Riplingham (M2725)

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History
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Riplingham
Namesake Riplingham
Builder Brooke Marine
Launched11 January 1955
Completed1 July 1955
FateTransferred to France, 1955
Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svgFrance
NameMyosotis
Acquired1955
Stricken1985
General characteristics
Class and type Ham-classminesweeper
Notes Pennant number(s): M2725 / IMS62

HMS Riplingham was a Ham-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy.

Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Riplingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

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