Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | YMS |
Pennant | J 869 |
Built by | Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp. (Whitestone, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 14 Mar 1942 |
Laid down | 6 May 1942 |
Launched | 3 Mar 1943 |
Commissioned | 30 Mar 1943 |
End service | |
History | Returned to the USN on 21 October 1947. |
Former name | BYMS 69 |
Commands listed for HMS BYMS 2069 (J 869)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Skr. Harry Dudley, RNR | Sep 1943 | 17 Mar 1944 |
2 | T/A/Skr.Lt. Ronald Jack Read, RNR | 17 Mar 1944 | Aug 1944 |
3 | T/Skr. Charles Frederick Lawrence, RNR | Aug 1944 | Aug 1945 |
4 | T/A/Ch.Skr. (T/A/Skr.Lt.) Walter Hayes, DSC, RNR | Aug 1945 |
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