| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | YMS |
| Pennant | J 872 |
| Built by | Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp. (Whitestone, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 14 Mar 1942 |
| Laid down | 25 Jun 1942 |
| Launched | 7 Apr 1943 |
| Commissioned | 13 May 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Damaged by German glider bomb off Leros, Greece on 11 September 1943. Captured by German forces the next day off Kalymnos. See also this website for more information on this ship (offsite link). |
| Former name | BYMS 72 |
Commands listed for HMS BYMS 2072 (J 872)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Edwin Harold Taylor, RNR | 14 May 1943 | 12 Sep 1943 |
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