| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | YMS |
| Pennant | J 816 |
| Built by | Dachel-Carter Shipbuilding Corp. (Benton Harbor, Michigan, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 6 Jun 1941 |
| Laid down | 31 Jul 1941 |
| Launched | 24 Feb 1942 |
| Commissioned | 9 Jun 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Returned to the USN on 12 February 1948. |
| Former name | BYMS 16 |
Commands listed for HMS BYMS 2016 (J 816)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. John Stirling, RNVR | Jun 1942 | Nov 1942 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Guy Francois Pozac, RNR | Nov 1942 | 23 Oct 1943 |
| 3 | T/S.Lt. Donald Shore, RNVR | 23 Oct 1943 | 2 Jul 1944 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Charles Francis Jeffrey, RNVR | 2 Jul 1944 | 15 Jan 1945 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Richard Arfon Jones, RNVR | 15 Jan 1945 | late 1945 |
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