Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | YMS |
Pennant | J 862 |
Built by | Westergard Boat Works Inc. (Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 14 Mar 1942 |
Laid down | 24 Dec 1942 |
Launched | 25 May 1943 |
Commissioned | 30 Oct 1943 |
End service | |
History | Returned to the USN on 10 December 1946. |
Former name | BYMS 62 |
Commands listed for HMS BYMS 2062 (J 862)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Skr. Thomas Arthur Phillipson, RNR | 30 Oct 1943 | 10 Apr 1945 |
2 | A/Skr.Lt. Sydney Henderson Duffield, DSC, RNR | 10 Apr 1945 |
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