HMS Reedham (M2723)

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

History
Name: HMS Reedham
Namesake: Reedham
Builder: Saunders-Roe
Launched: 19 August 1958
Completed: 20 November 1958
Fate: Sold August 1966
General characteristics
Class and type: Ham-class minesweeper
Notes: Pennant number(s): M2723 / IMS60

The ship was named after Reedham in Norfolk. It portrayed the fictional HMS Compton in the 1959 film The Navy Lark.

References

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



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