HMS Tibenham (M2734)

History
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
Struck: 1987
General characteristics
Class & 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.

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