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HMS BYMS-2050
ex-HMS J-850
ex-BYMS-50



Hollandsdiep call sign:
Papa - Alpha - November - Foxtrot



BYMS-50 served the Navies of Great Britain and The Netherlands.

BYMS-1 Class Motor Minesweeper

  • Laid down 9 May 1942 as BYMS-50 by the Gibbs Corp., Jacksonville, FL
  • Launched 7 September 1942
  • Completed 5 April 1943
  • Transferred to Great Britain 14 April 1943 and named HMS J-850
  • Renamed HMS BYMS-2050
  • Returned to U.S. custody 10 April 1946
  • Transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission in March 1947; loaned to The Netherlands and named HNLMS Hollandsdiep (MV 36)
  • Reclassified M-833
  • Returned to U.S. custody 27 July 1947 (on paper only) and sold to The Netherlands
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1957 and scrapped.

    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
    HNLMS Hollandsdiep (MV 36)
    BYMS-2050 67k . Arie van Mazijk
    HNLMS Hollandsdiep (M 833)
    BYMS-2050 56k c. 1955
    Royal Netherlands Navy photo from the 1956/1957 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships    		 Robert Hurst
    There is no DANFS history available for BYMS-2050
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