Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | YMS |
Pennant | J 808 |
Built by | Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp. (Whitestone, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 6 Jun 1941 |
Laid down | 28 Nov 1941 |
Launched | 7 Sep 1942 |
Commissioned | 19 Oct 1942 |
End service | |
History | Returned to the USN on 12 November 1946. |
Former name | BYMS 8 |
Commands listed for HMS BYMS 2008 (J 808)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Skr. Norman Lyle, RNR | 9 Jul 1942 | late 1943 |
2 | T/Skr. Job Banyard Jamieson, RNR | late 1943 | Dec 1943 |
3 | Skr. George Samuel Draper, DSC, RNR | Dec 1943 | Mar 1946 |
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