Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | YMS |
Pennant | J 836 |
Built by | American Car and Foundry Co. (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 14 Mar 1942 |
Laid down | 31 Oct 1942 |
Launched | 29 Jul 1943 |
Commissioned | 20 Sep 1943 |
End service | |
History | Returned to the USN on 3 September 1946. |
Former name | BYMS 36 |
Commands listed for HMS BYMS 2036 (J 836)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | A C C Gheur, RNR | 20 Sep 1943 | 1 Jan 1944 |
2 | T/Lt. Neil George Spencer Kerswell, RNVR | 1 Jan 1944 | 21 Feb 1945 |
3 | T/Lt. Douglas Frederick Stuart Hastie, RNVR | 21 Feb 1945 | early 1946 |
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