HMS Saxlingham (M2727)

HMS Saxlingham was one of 93 ships of the Ham-class minesweeper of inshore minesweepers.

Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Saxlingham in Norfolk.

She was sold to Ross & Cromarty County Council education department and convereted to a training ship for the nautical college at Lews Castle in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. The conversion added a cabin to the previously open bridge, removal of mid-ship generators and that space converted to a classroom. She was renamed "Lews Castle" and retained that name until finally decommissioned in the early 1980s following damage sustained during a grounding.