HMS Yaxham

HMS Yaxham

HMS "Yaxham" 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 Yaxham in Norfolk.

Became survey vessel HMS "Woodlark", 1964. Her final years were as the Southampton University Royal Naval Unit's training vessel. This unit now has HMS|Blazer|P279, a P2000 Archer class patrol vessel [http://www.soton.ac.uk/~surnu/] .

References

*Blackman, R.V.B. ed. "Jane's Fighting Ships" (1953)


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