Allied Warships

HMS BYMS 2036 (J 836)

Minesweeper of the YMS class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassYMS 
PennantJ 836 
Built byAmerican Car and Foundry Co. (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.) 
Ordered14 Mar 1942 
Laid down31 Oct 1942 
Launched29 Jul 1943 
Commissioned20 Sep 1943 
End service 
History

Returned to the USN on 3 September 1946.

 
Former nameBYMS 36

Commands listed for HMS BYMS 2036 (J 836)

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CommanderFromTo
1A C C Gheur, RNR20 Sep 19431 Jan 1944
2T/Lt. Neil George Spencer Kerswell, RNVR1 Jan 194421 Feb 1945
3T/Lt. Douglas Frederick Stuart Hastie, RNVR21 Feb 1945early 1946

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