Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | YMS |
Pennant | J 870 |
Built by | Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp. (Whitestone, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 14 Mar 1942 |
Laid down | 15 May 1942 |
Launched | 22 Feb 1943 |
Commissioned | 15 Apr 1943 |
End service | |
History | Returned to the USN on 8 May 1948. |
Former name | BYMS 70 |
Commands listed for HMS BYMS 2070 (J 870)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/A/Skr.Lt. John Hobbs, RNR | 1 Sep 1943 |
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