Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | YMS |
Pennant | J 806 |
Built by | Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp. (Whitestone, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 6 Jun 1941 |
Laid down | 4 Nov 1941 |
Launched | 22 Aug 1942 |
Commissioned | 28 Sep 1942 |
End service | |
History | Returned to the USN on 12 November 1946. |
Former name | BYMS 6 |
Commands listed for HMS BYMS 2006 (J 806)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
Commander | From | To | ||
1 | T/Skr. Robert Alan Cook, RNR | 9 Jul 1942 | Dec 1943 | |
2 | T/A/Skr.Lt. Leonard Claxton, RNR | Dec 1943 | 26 Oct 1944 (+) | |
3 | T/Lt. Edward Adrian Ivor Evans, SANF(V) | 10 Feb 1945 | 17 Dec 1945 |
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