| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | YMS |
| Pennant | J 990 |
| Built by | Greenport Basin and Construction Co. (Greenport, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 8 Jun 1942 |
| Laid down | 22 Aug 1942 |
| Launched | 31 Oct 1942 |
| Commissioned | 10 May 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Transferred to Greece in 1946, renamed Symi. |
| Former name | USS YMS 190 |
Commands listed for HMS BYMS 2190 (J 990)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. James McDowall, RNVR | 10 May 1943 |
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Notable events involving BYMS 2190 include:
8 Oct 1943
HMS Uproar (Lt. L.E. Herrick, DSC, RN) departed Algiers for Malta. She made the passage together with HMS BYMS 2074 (T/Lt. I.C. Hughes, RNR), HMS BYMS 2190 (T/Lt. J. McDowell, RNVR), HMS BYMS 2191 (???), HMS BYMS 2212 (T/Lt. R.A.L. Viner, DSC, RNVR) and HMS BYMS 2229 (T/A/Lt.Cdr. G.H. Clark, DSC, RNVR).
For the daily positions of HMS Uproar during this passage see the map below.
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Sources
- ADM 199/1825
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.