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HMS BYMS-2001
ex-HMS J-810
ex-BYMS-1



BYMS-1 was built for Great Britain.
BYMS-1 Class Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 24 July 1941 as BYMS-1 by the American Car and Foundry Co., Wilmington, DE
  • Launched 17 March 1942
  • Completed 30 May 1942, transferred to Great Britain and named HMS J-801
  • Renamed HMS BYMS-2001
  • Returned to U.S. custody 10 December 1946
  • Sold in June 1948
  • 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
    BYMS-1 230k c. 1945
    Langelinie, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Moored inboard of an unidentified BYMS
    Photo from the collection of crewmember Engineman Gordon Hunter    		 Ian Hunter
    There is no DANFS history available for BYMS-1.
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