Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | YMS |
Pennant | J 880 |
Built by | Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp. (Whitestone, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 14 Mar 1942 |
Laid down | 4 Nov 1942 |
Launched | 31 May 1943 |
Commissioned | 3 Aug 1943 |
End service | |
History | Returned to the USN on 31 July 1946. |
Former name | BYMS 80 |
Commands listed for HMS BYMS 2080 (J 880)
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Commander | From | To | ||
1 | T/Lt. Patrick Kenneth Martin, RNR | 4 Aug 1943 | 1 Dec 1943 | |
2 | T/Lt. Robert Hugh Le Masurier, DSC, RNVR | 1 Dec 1943 | early 1944 | |
3 | T/Lt. Norman Harold Cleare, RNVR | 28 Sep 1944 | 14 Feb 1945 | |
4 | T/A/S.Lt. Geoffrey Harry Freckingham, RNVR | 14 Feb 1945 | Jan 1946 |
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