HMS Yaxham (M2780)

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

History
Name: HMS Yaxham
Namesake: Yaxham
Builder: J. Samuel White
Launched: 21 January 1958
Completed: 19 March 1959
Fate: Used as target, 1986
General characteristics
Class and type: Ham-class minesweeper
Notes: Pennant number(s): M2780 / IMS80

Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Yaxham in Norfolk.

Became survey vessel HMS Woodlark, 1964. Her final years were as the Southampton University Royal Naval Unit's training vessel. This unit now has HMS Blazer (P279), a P2000 Archer class patrol vessel.[1]

Notes
  1. "SURNU Southampton University Royal Naval Unit". Royal Navy. Archived from the original 27 September 2011.
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References
  • Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)


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