Allied Warships

HMS BYMS 2065 (J 865)

Minesweeper of the YMS class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassYMS 
PennantJ 865 
Built byWheeler Shipbuilding Corp. (Whitestone, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.) 
Ordered14 Mar 1942 
Laid down16 Apr 1942 
Launched21 Dec 1942 
Commissioned22 Jan 1943 
End service12 Aug 1944 
History

Returned to the USN on 12 August 1944 and transferred to Greece as Karteria the same day.

 
Former nameBYMS 65

Commands listed for HMS BYMS 2065 (J 865)

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Clifford Kennard Cannon, RNR

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