HMS Rackham (M2722)

History
Name: HMS Rackham
Namesake: Rackham
Builder: Saunders-Roe
Launched: 27 April 1956
Completed: 26 June 1956
Fate: Sold July 1967
General characteristics
Class & type: Ham-class minesweeper
Notes: Pennant number(s): M2722 / IMS59

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

Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Rackham in West Sussex.

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