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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 ''Littleham''
|Ship namesake=[[Littleham]]
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|Ship fate= Transferred to India, 15 June 1955.
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|Ship country=India
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|Ship name= INS ''Bassein''
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|Ship class={{sclass2|Ham|minesweeper}}
|Ship displacement=*120 tons standard
*164 tons full
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|Ship complement=2 officers, 13 ratings
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'''HMS ''Littleham''''' was one of 93 ships of the {{sclass2|Ham|minesweeper|4}} of inshore [[minesweeper]]s.

Their names were all chosen from villages ending in ''-ham''. The minesweeper was named after [[Littleham]] in [[Devon]].

==References==
*Blackman, R.V.B. ed. ''Jane's Fighting Ships'' (1953)

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[[Category:1954 ships]]
[[Category:Cold War minesweepers of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Royal Navy ship names]]
[[Category:Ham-class minesweepers of the Indian Navy]]


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