| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | YMS |
| Pennant | J 1079 |
| Built by | Henry C. Grebe Co. (Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 8 Jun 1942 |
| Laid down | 23 Jan 1943 |
| Launched | 29 Jul 1943 |
| Commissioned | 2 Oct 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | |
| Former name | USS YMS 279 |
Commands listed for HMS BYMS 2279 (J 1079)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Skr. William Stanley Dosdale, RNR | 16 Oct 1943 | 27 May 1944 |
| 2 | Aksel Lie Olesen, RNVR | 27 May 1944 | mid 1945 |
| 3 | E Stanley, RNVR | mid 1945 | 28 Sep 1945 |
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