Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | YMS |
Pennant | J 852 |
Built by | Gibbs Gas Engine Co. (Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 14 Mar 1942 |
Laid down | 7 Jul 1942 |
Launched | 3 Oct 1942 |
Commissioned | 21 May 1943 |
End service | |
History | Returned to the USN on 14 May 1948. |
Former name | BYMS 52 |
Commands listed for HMS BYMS 2052 (J 852)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. Kenneth Jackson, RNVR | 22 May 1943 | early 1944 |
2 | T/Lt. Charles Edward Haste, RNVR | early 1944 | 29 Nov 1944 |
3 | Edward Elon Firth, RNVR | 29 Nov 1944 | 4 Jan 1946 |
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