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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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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