HMS Asheldham
{{short description|Minesweeper of the Royal Navy}}
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HMS Asheldham was one of 93 ships of the {{sclass2|Ham|minesweeper|4}} of inshore minesweepers.
Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Asheldham in Essex.
HMS Asheldham (Pennant number M2604) was a member of the first series of Ham-class minesweepers, with composite wood and aluminium construction. It was built by Philip and Son of Dartmouth, Devon and was completed on 9 September 1953.Gardiner and Chumbley, 1995, p. 541.Worth 1986, p. 123.
Asheldham served as part of the 232nd Mine Sweeper Squadron at Harwich in Essex from 1954 to 1956, after which it was placed into reserve.Worth 1986, pp. 2, 125. The Ham class had proved too small to carry modern minesweeping equipment and most of the class were withdrawn from use or transferred to secondary roles.
The ship was transferred to the Royal Malayan Navy on 1 April 1958, being renamed Sri Perlis.Worth 1986, p. 125. Following transfer, Sri Perlis{{'}} 40mm Bofors gun and minesweeping gear was removed and replaced by three 20 mm Oerlikon cannon,Blackman 1960, p. 82. although the minesweeping gear was later re-fitted, with the ship retaining a single Oerlikon gun.Blackman 1962, p. 162.
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- {{Ref Jane's||| 1953 ships }}
- {{cite book|last=Blackman|first=Raymond V. B.|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 1960–61|year=1960|publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd|location=London}}
- {{cite book|last=Blackman|first=Raymond V. B.|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 1962–63|year=1962|publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd|location=London}}
- {{cite book|last1=Gardiner|first1=Robert|last2=Chumbley|first2=Stephen|title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995|year=1995|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland, USA|isbn=1-55750-132-7}}
- {{cite book|last=Worth|first=Jack|title=British Warships Since 1945: Part 4: Minesweepers|year=1986|publisher=Maritime Books|location=Liskeard, UK|isbn=0-907771-12-2}}
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Category:Ham-class minesweepers
Category:Ships built in Dartmouth
Category:Cold War minesweepers of the United Kingdom
Category:Royal Navy ship names
Category:Ham-class minesweepers of the Royal Malaysian Navy
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