# HMS Halsham

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**HMS *Halsham*** was one of 93 ships of the [Ham-class minesweeper](/source/Ham-class_minesweeper) of inshore [minesweepers](/source/Minesweeper_(ship)) of the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy). Their names were all chosen from villages ending in *-ham*. The minesweeper was named after [Halsham](/source/Halsham) in the [East Riding of Yorkshire](/source/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire).

She was transferred from the Royal Navy to [Royal Air Force](/source/Royal_Air_Force) duties in 1966, renamed *No.5002* (later *No.5012*) and converted to a research and trials vessel for [Royal Aircraft Establishment](/source/Royal_Aircraft_Establishment), [Farnborough](/source/Farnborough_Airport). By 1972, she was the only remaining RAF-operated marine asset, and to provide continued efficient management she was transferred to the [Royal Corps of Transport](/source/Royal_Corps_of_Transport)'s civilian fleet and renamed *Richard George Masters* (later shortened to *R G Masters*).[1] [Private Masters](/source/Richard_George_Masters) was the sole recipient of the [Victoria Cross](/source/Victoria_Cross) in the [Royal Army Service Corps](/source/Royal_Army_Service_Corps) during the [First World War](/source/First_World_War).[2]

In 1979 she was withdrawn from military service, and then sold to Pounds Shipowners & Shipbreakers at Portsmouth, who resold her in 1981 to Greek shipowners Petrakis Line of [Corfu](/source/Corfu). She was renamed *Sotirakis* and converted to a tourist excursion boat.[3]

## Notes

1. Habesch, David (2001). *The Army's Navy : British Military Vessels and their History since Henry VIII*. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 166. ISBN 1-86176-157-0.

1. ["Ship Named after War Hero"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000271/19721219/007/0001). *Liverpool Echo*. No. 28912. 19 December 1972. p. 1. Retrieved 10 February 2022. – via British Newspaper Archive.

1. ["Halsham"](https://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=55735). *Scottish Built Ships*. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240401210923/https://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=55735) 1 April 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 April 2024.

## References

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

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