Allied Warships

RHS Kos

Minesweeper of the YMS class

NavyThe Royal Hellenic Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassYMS 
Pennant 
Built byGreenport Basin and Construction Co. (Greenport, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down7 Sep 1942 
Launched14 Nov 1942 
Commissioned15 Dec 1943 
Lost15 Oct 1944 
History

Former Royal Navy lend-lease mineweeper BYMS-2191.
BYMS-2191 was returned to the US Navy on 15 December 1943 and transferred to the Royal Hellenic Navy on the same day being renamed Kos
Kos was mined and sunk off Piraeus, Greece on 15 October 1944.

 
Former nameBYMS-2191

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