HMS Altham

HMS Altham was one of 93 ships of the Ham class of inshore minesweepers.

Altham (pennant number M2602) was a member of the first series of Ham-class minesweepers, with composite wood and aluminium construction.

[2][3] The ship commissioned at Hythe, Hampshire on 13 July 1953, serving with the 232nd Mine Sweeper Squadron at Harwich in Essex from 1954 to 1956, going into reserve at Rosneath on the Gare Loch in northwest Scotland in 1957.

[4] Altham was transferred to the Royal Malayan Navy on 1 April 1958, being renamed Sri Johor.

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