Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | YMS |
Pennant | J 851 |
Built by | Gibbs Gas Engine Co. (Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 14 Mar 1942 |
Laid down | 4 Jul 1942 |
Launched | 8 Sep 1942 |
Commissioned | 5 May 1943 |
End service | |
History | Returned to the USN on 1 September 1947. |
Former name | BYMS 51 |
Commands listed for HMS BYMS 2051 (J 851)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Skr. Frank Pitts, RNR | 22 May 1943 | 9 Aug 1944 |
2 | T/A/Skr.Lt. Ronald Jack Read, RNR | 9 Aug 1944 | 3 Dec 1945 |
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