HMS Wexham (M2738)
 Wexham in French service as Armoise (M772) | |
| History | |
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| Name: | HMS Wexham |
| Namesake: | Wexham |
| Builder: | Jason Taylor |
| Launched: | 3 April 1954 |
| Completed: | 11 January 1955 |
| Fate: | transferred to France, 1955 |
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| Name: | Armoise |
| Acquired: | 1955 |
| Struck: | 1987 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Ham-class minesweeper |
| Notes: | Pennant number(s): M2738 / IMS75 |
HMS Wexham was a Ham-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy.
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Wexham in Buckinghamshire.
References
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
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