HMS ''Felmersham'' was one of 93 ships of the of inshore

minesweeper A minesweeper is a small warship designed to remove or detonate naval mines. Using various mechanisms intended to counter the threat posed by naval mines, minesweepers keep waterways clear for safe shipping. History The earliest known usage of ...

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

Felmersham Felmersham is a small village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, on the River Great Ouse, about north west of Bedford. As a civil parish, it includes the hamlet of Radwell, Bedfordsh ...

Bedfordshire Bedfordshire (; abbreviated ''Beds'') is a Ceremonial County, ceremonial county in the East of England. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Hertfordshire to the south and the south-east, and Buckin ...

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*Blackman, R.V.B. ed. ''Jane's Fighting Ships'' (1953) 1953 ships Cold War minesweepers of the United Kingdom Ham-class minesweepers Ham-class minesweepers of the Royal Malaysian Navy Royal Navy ship names Ships built in England HMS {{malaysia-stub