HNoMS NYMS-382
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| Name | HNoMS NYMS-382 | ||
| Type: | Fleet minesweeper (YMS Mk.II) | ||
| Tonnage | 335 tons | ||
| Completed | 1943 - Greenport Basin and Construction Co, Greenport, Long Island NY | ||
| Owner | Royal Norwegian Navy | ||
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| Date of attack | 7 May 1945 | Nationality: | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-1023 (Heinrich-Andreas Schroeteler) | ||
| Position | 50.22N, 03.09W - Grid BF 35 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 32 officers and men (22 dead and 10 survivors). | ||
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| History | USS YMS-382 was completed for US Navy in November 1943. On 22 Mar, 1945 transferred to Royal Norwegian Navy and renamed HNoMS NYMS-382. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.45 hours on 7 May, 1945, HNoMS NYMS-382 (Lt Trygve Sjøvold) was hit by a Gnat from U-1023 and sank within two minutes off Lyme Bay. The commander and 21 crew members were lost. Ten injured survivors were picked up by HNoMS NYMS-379 and HNoMS NYMS-381 of the 3th Minesweeping Unit stationed in Cherbourg, to which the minesweeper also belonged. | ||
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