Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | YMS |
Pennant | J 819 |
Built by | Bellingham Iron Works, Inc. (Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 11 Jun 1941 |
Laid down | 26 Jul 1941 |
Launched | 30 May 1942 |
Commissioned | 8 Aug 1942 |
Lost | 19 Sep 1943 |
History | Mined and beached off Crotone, Calabria, Italy. (1 dead). |
Former name | BYMS 19 |
Commands listed for HMS BYMS 2019 (J 819)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. Henry Francis Defrates, RNR | 6 Apr 1942 | mid 1943 |
2 | T/Lt. Thomas Humphrey Davies, RNVR | 1 Jul 1943 | 19 Sep 1943 |
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