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HMS BYMS-2186
ex-HMS J-986
ex-YMS-186


BYMS-2186 served the Navies of Great Britain and Greece.
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down as YMS-186, 12 May 1942 by Greenport Basin and Construction Co., Long Island, NY
  • Launched 22 August 1942
  • Completed 27 February 1943 and transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS J-986
  • Renamed HMS BYMS-2186
  • Returned to U.S. Navy custody 15 December 1943, transferred to Greece and named Leros (M 210)
  • Given outright to Greece 22 July 1952
  • Struck from the Naval Register 8 September 1952
  • Struck from the Greek Navy list in 1966
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 270 t.
  • Length 136'
  • Beam 24' 6"
  • Draft 8'
  • Speed 15 kts.
  • Complement 32
  • Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 20mm mounts and two depth charge projectors
  • Propulsion: Two 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    HMS BYMS-2186
    YMS-186 41k c. August 1943 .
    Leros (M 210)
    YMS-186 112k c. 1963
    Royal Hellenic Navy photo from the 1964/1965 edition of "Jane's Fighting Ships"    		 Robert Hurst
    Commanding Officers
    01T/Lt. John Richard Grundy, RNRJuly 1942 - Mid 1943
    02T/Lt. Harold Lipscombe Prestage, RNVRDecember 1943 - ?
    There is no DANFS history available for YMS-186
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    Naval Minewarfare Association
    Association of Minemen
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