HMS Rampisham (M2786) explained

HMS Rampisham was one of 93 ships of the of inshore minesweepers.

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

She was renamed in December 1957, and reverted to Rampisham in December 1959.

References

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