- HMS Neasham
HMS "Neasham" was one of 93 ships of the sclass|Ham|minesweeper|0 of inshore minesweepers.
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in "-ham". The minesweeper was named after
Neasham inCounty Durham .Despite being completed on 15 November 1957, "Neasham" was held in operational reserve in a land cradle at
Rosneath on the Clyde until 1967. She was then transferred to theRoyal Australian Navy . After a period at the RAN base at Garden Island, she was converted into a diving tender and renamed "Porpoise" (DTV 1002 & Y.280) on 13 June 1973.References
*Blackman, R.V.B. ed. "Jane's Fighting Ships" (1953)
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