HMS Riplingham (M2725)

History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Riplingham
Namesake: Riplingham
Builder: Brooke Marine
Launched: 11 January 1955
Completed: 1 July 1955
Fate: transferred to France, 1955
France
Name: Myosotis
Acquired: 1955
Struck: 1985
General characteristics
Class & type: Ham-class minesweeper
Notes: Pennant number(s): M2725 / IMS62

HMS Riplingham was a Ham-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy.

Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Riplingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

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