HMS Shrivenham (M2728)

HMS Shrivenham was one of 93 ships of the Ham-class of inshore minesweepers.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Shrivenham
Namesake	Shrivenham
Builder	J. Bolson, Poole
Launched	28 March 1956
Completed	11 August 1956
Fate	Sold February 1969
General characteristics
Class and type	Ham-class minesweeper
Notes	Pennant number(s): M2728 / IMS65

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

Following completion she was immediately placed in Operational Reserve out of the water on a cradle until 1963. She was then transferred to the Royal Navy Auxiliary Service but was put up for disposal in 1966. She was sold to the Port of London Authority in 1969 and remained with them until her retirement in the 1980s.

Although retired and with the wheelhouse, engines and most deck fittings removed she is still "afloat" and has, for the last 22 years, been a "liveaboard" home. Renovations continue with the addition of a new topside cabin.

References

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