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HMS ''Powderham'' was one of 93 ships of the of inshore minesweepers. Their names were all chosen from villages ending in ''-ham''. The minesweeper was named after Powderham in Devon. In 1960 she was selected to be converted to an inshore survey vessel and was renamed HMS ''Waterwitch''. For a while she was manned by civilian Port Auxiliary Service personnel and was named PAS ''Waterwitch''. In Dec 1998 she was operated by a voluntary, non profit making group of ex Royal Navy and Merchant Navy personnel, who with the co-operation of participating local authorities and other interested organisations offered a shipboard training facility for disadvantaged young people. ==References== *Blackman, R.V.B. ed. ''Jane's Fighting Ships'' (1953) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Powderham (M2720)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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