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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Minesweeper of the Royal Navy}}<br />
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|name= HMS ''Hildersham''<br />
|namesake=[[Hildersham]]<br />
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|displacement=*120 tons standard<br />
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|complement=2 officers, 13 ratings<br />
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'''HMS ''Hildersham''''' was one of 93 ships of the {{sclass2|Ham|minesweeper|4}} of inshore [[Minesweeper (ship)|minesweepers]].<br />
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Their names were all chosen from villages ending in ''-ham''. The minesweeper was named after [[Hildersham]] in [[Cambridgeshire]].<br />
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==References==<br />
*Blackman, R.V.B. ed. ''Jane's Fighting Ships'' (1953)<br />
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