HMS Tibenham (M2734)
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Tibenham |
Namesake | Tibenham |
Builder | McGruer, Clynder |
Launched | 10 March 1955 |
Completed | 28 April 1955 |
Fate | transferred to France, 1955 |
France | |
Name | Geranium |
Acquired | 1955 |
Stricken | 1987 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ham-class minesweeper |
Notes | Pennant number(s): M2734 / IMS71 |
HMS Tibenham was a Ham-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy.
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Tibenham, Norfolk.
References[]
- Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
Categories:
- Ham-class minesweepers
- Ships built in Scotland
- 1955 ships
- Cold War minesweepers of the United Kingdom
- Royal Navy ship names
- Ham-class minesweepers of the French Navy
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- French naval ship stubs