HMAS SEAL (Ex HMS Wintringham) 1980’s

HMAS SEAL (Ex HMS Wintringham) 1980’s

HMS Wintringham (M2777/IMS77) was a Ham-class minesweeper for the Royal Navy. Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Wintringham.

She remained in operational reserve in a land cradle at Rosneath on the Clyde until 1963. She was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy on 9 June 1966, arriving in Sydney as deck cargo on the merchant ship…

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