HMS Mickleham (M2710) explained

HMS Mickleham was one of 93 ships of the of inshore minesweepers.^[1]

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

History

• Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)
• Sold by admiralty in 1966.
• Purchased by John Stanley Gordon of Gordon Keeble sports car fame.
• Renamed 'Katherine of Gower'
• Converted to charter yacht and completed in 1970s.
• Sold to Saudi Arabian interests in the 1980s.

Notes and References

1. Book: Blackman Raymond . Jane's Fighting Ships 1960 61 . 1960-11-01.