HMS Wrentham (M2779)
Appearance
History | |
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Name | HMS Wrentham |
Namesake | Wrentham |
Builder | Dorset Yacht Company |
Launched | 8 February 1955 |
Completed | 6 July 1955 |
Fate | Sold August 1966 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Template:Sclass2- |
Notes | Pennant number(s): M2779 / IMS79 |
HMS Wrentham was one of 93 ships of the Template:Sclass2- of inshore minesweepers.
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Wrentham in Suffolk.
References
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)