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{{short description|Minesweeper of the Royal Navy}}
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|Ship country=United Kingdom
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|Ship name= HMS ''Damerham''
|Ship namesake=[[Damerham]]
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|Ship builder= [[Brooke Marine]]
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|Ship launched= 15 June 1953
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|Ship completed= 19 March 1954
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|Ship fate= Sold September 1966
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|Ship class=[[Ham class minesweeper]]
|Ship type=[[Minesweeper (ship)|Minesweeper]]
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|120|LT|t|0}} standard
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|Ship complement=2 officers, 13 ratings
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|Ship armament= 1 × [[Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun]] ''or'' [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon]]
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'''HMS ''Damerham''''' was one of 93 ships of the {{sclass2|Ham|minesweeper|0}} of inshore [[Minesweeper (ship)|minesweepers]]. Their names were all chosen from villages ending in ''-ham''. The minesweeper was named after [[Damerham]] in [[Hampshire]].
On 2 July 1960, while moored in Hong Kong harbour, ''Damerham'' was rammed and almost cut in half by the frigate {{HMS|St Brides Bay|K600|6}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-15Fr-Bay-StBridesBay.htm|title=HMS St Brides Bay, frigate|website=www.naval-history.net}}</ref>
==References==
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*Blackman, R.V.B. ed. ''Jane's Fighting Ships'' (1953)
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