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BYMS-2026
ex-J-826
ex-BYMS-26



BYMS-26 was built for Great Britain.

BYMS-1 Class Motor Minesweeper: Laid down 12 August 1941 as BYMS-26 by the Ballard Marine Railway Co., Inc., Seattle, WA; Launched 21 March 1942; Sponsored by Isobel Prentice, the daughter of the Ballard Marine Railways foreman; Completed and transferred to Great Britain 22 August 1942 as J-826; Commissioned in the Royal Navy in February 1943; Reclassified BYMS-2026 in 1944; Decommissioned in 1946 and laid up at Malta; Struck from the Navy Register 10 June 1947; Returned to U.S. custody 1 August 1947; Sold to Joseph Gasan, converted to a car ferry and named Calypso that operated between Malta and Gozo; Sold to Thomas Loel Guinness and leased to Jacques Cousteau for one franc per year; Struck by a barge 8 January 1996 and sank at Singapore; Salvaged 25 January 1996 and towed to Marseille, France; Presently at LaRochelle, France awaiting her fate. 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, and two dcp; Propulsion two 800bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.


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