Allied Warships

HMS BYMS 2080 (J 880)

Minesweeper of the YMS class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassYMS 
PennantJ 880 
Built byWheeler Shipbuilding Corp. (Whitestone, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.) 
Ordered14 Mar 1942 
Laid down4 Nov 1942 
Launched31 May 1943 
Commissioned3 Aug 1943 
End service 
History

Returned to the USN on 31 July 1946.

 
Former nameBYMS 80

Commands listed for HMS BYMS 2080 (J 880)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. Patrick Kenneth Martin, RNR4 Aug 19431 Dec 1943
2T/Lt. Robert Hugh Le Masurier, DSC, RNVR1 Dec 1943early 1944

3T/Lt. Norman Harold Cleare, RNVR28 Sep 194414 Feb 1945
4T/A/S.Lt. Geoffrey Harry Freckingham, RNVR14 Feb 1945Jan 1946

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