Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | YMS |
Pennant | J 861 |
Built by | Westergard Boat Works Inc. (Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 14 Mar 1942 |
Laid down | 7 Dec 1942 |
Launched | 8 May 1943 |
Commissioned | 30 Sep 1943 |
End service | |
History | Returned to the USN on 3 September 1946. |
Former name | BYMS 61 |
Commands listed for HMS BYMS 2061 (J 861)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. Eric Tolson Garside, RNVR | 1 Oct 1943 | 7 Feb 1944 |
2 | T/Lt. Stanley Samuel Mitchell, RNR | 7 Feb 1944 | 16 Jun 1944 |
3 | T/S.Lt. Barrie Clayton, RNVR | 16 Jun 1944 | 19 Dec 1944 |
4 | T/Lt. Charles Cox Vacher, RNVR | 19 Dec 1944 |
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