HMS Wexham (M2738)

Wexham in French service as Armoise (M772)
History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Wexham
Namesake: Wexham
Builder: Jason Taylor
Launched: 3 April 1954
Completed: 11 January 1955
Fate: transferred to France, 1955
France
Name: Armoise
Acquired: 1955
Struck: 1987
General characteristics
Class and type: Ham-class minesweeper
Notes: Pennant number(s): M2738 / IMS75

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

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

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