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The '''Ham class''' was a [[ship class|class]] of inshore [[minesweeper (ship)|minesweeper]]s (IMS), known as the Type 1, of the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Royal Navy]]. The class was designed to operate in the shallow water of [[river]]s and [[Estuary|estuaries]]. All of the ships in the class are named for British place names that end with [[List of generic forms in British place names|-"ham"]]. The parent firm that was responsible for supervising construction was [[J. Samuel White|Samuel White]] of [[Cowes]], Isle of Wight.
Unlike traditional [[Minesweeper (ship)|minesweepers]], they were not equipped for sweeping moored or magnetic mines. Their work was to locate individual mines and neutralise them. This was a then new role, and the class was configured for working in the shallow water of [[river]]s, [[Estuary|estuaries]] and [[shipping channel]]s.
The class consisted of 93 ships, launched between 1954 and 1959. {{HMS|Inglesham|M2601|6}} was the first. They were built in three slightly different sub-groups, the first sub-group, the 26-group, is distinguished by [[pennant number]]s 26xx, and the second and third sub-groups, the 27-group, are distinguished by pennant numbers 27xx. The 26-group was of wood and [[non-ferrous metal]] composite construction and the 27-group was of all-wood construction. The third sub-group is distinguished by a prominent rubbing strake around the hull and slightly larger dimensions.
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