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The '''Ham class''' was a [[ship class|class]] of inshore [[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 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.

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The class shared the same basic hull as the {{sclass2-|Ley|minehunter}} and the {{sclass-|Echo|survey ship (1957)|0}} inshore survey craft.

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==Ships==

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|to 1965. For disposal in 1966. Sold to PLA , 21 Feb 1969Approved to scrap 1966. 2 May 1968 sold to Ross & Cromarty CC for Lewis Sea School

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|'''Thakeham'''