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|Ship name= HMS ''Halsham''
|Ship namesake=[[Halsham]]
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|Ship launched=  September 1953 
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|Ship fate= Sold 1981
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|Ship class={{sclass2|Ham|minesweeper||ship}}
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|Ship displacement= {{convert|120|LT|t|0}} standard<br /> {{convert|164|LT|t|0}} full load
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|Ship propulsion=2 shaft [[Paxman (engines)|Paxman]] 12YHAXM diesels<br />1,100 bhp (820 kW)
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|Ship complement=2 officers, 13 ratings
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|Ship armament= 1 × [[Bofors 40 mm gun]] ''or'' [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon]]
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'''HMS ''Halsham''''' was one of 93 ships of the {{sclass2|Ham|minesweeper|4}} of inshore [[Minesweeper (ship)|minesweepers]]. 

Their names were all chosen from villages ending in ''-ham''. The minesweeper was named after [[Halsham]] in the [[East Riding of Yorkshire]].

She was transferred to the Air Ministry in 1966 and renamed No.5002. Following her transfer to the RCT in 1974 she was renamed Richard George Masters V.C.<ref>[http://www.oldships.org.uk/SHIPS/SHIP_DETAILS/HALSHAM_DETAIL.htm Oldships.org.uk HMS Halsham]</ref>

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