| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | YMS |
| Pennant | J 818 |
| Built by | Bellingham Iron Works, Inc. (Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 6 Jun 1941 |
| Laid down | 23 Jul 1941 |
| Launched | 2 May 1942 |
| Commissioned | 16 Jul 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Returned to the USN on 31 July 1946. |
| Former name | BYMS 18 |
Commands listed for HMS BYMS 2018 (J 818)
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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. Thomas Stuart Forbes, RNVR | 4 Jun 1943 | 20 Feb 1944 | |
| 2 | T/Lt. Richard Arfon Jones, RNVR | 20 Feb 1944 | ||
| 3 | T/A/S.Lt. Robert Roy Thomas, RNVR | 10 Mar 1945 | Feb 1946 | |
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