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HMS BYMS-2066
ex-HMS J-866
ex-BYMS-66



BYMS-66 served the Navies of Great Britain and Greece.
BYMS-1 Class Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 20 April 1942 as BYMS-66 by Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., Whitestone, NY
  • Launched 11 January 1943
  • Completed 8 February 1943, transferred to Great Britain and reclassified J-866
  • Reclasssified BYMS-2066
  • Returned to U.S. custody 12 August 1944; transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission; transferred to Greece and named Paralos (M 204) the same day
  • Transferred outright to Greece 22 July 1952
  • Struck from the Naval Register 8 August 1952
  • Struck from the Greek Navy registry in 1973
  • 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 tracks
  • 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-2066 58k Royal Hellenic Navy photo from the 1956/1957 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships Robert Hurst
    BYMS-2066 47k c. 1944
    Paralos
    There is no DANFS history available for BYMS-2066
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