HMS ''Birdham'' was one of 93 ships of the of inshore
minesweepers.
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in ''-ham''. The minesweeper was named after
Birdham
Birdham is a village and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It is located on the Manhood Peninsula, south-west of the city of Chichester. The parish church is dedicated to St James, although the dedication wa ...
in
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an a ...
.
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Ham-class minesweepers
Royal Navy ship names
1955 ships