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HMS BYMS-2211
ex-HMS J-1011
ex-YMS-211


YMS-211 served served the Navies of Great Britian and Poland.
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 18 May 1942 as YMS-211 by Robert Jacob Inc., City Island, NY
  • Launched, 10 October 1942
  • Completed 7 May 1943 and transferred to Great Britain as HMS J-1011
  • Reclassified HMS BYMS-2211
  • Struck from the Naval Register 28 August 1947
  • Returned to U. S. custody, 29 August 1947 and transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission
  • Transferred to Poland 18 April 1948 and reclassified T-31
  • Later named ORP Delfin
  • Decommissioned 26 June 1957
  • Wrecked 1 August 1957 at 54° 38' N., 18° 36' E., north of Gdynia, Poland.

    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
    YMS-211 94k Delfin
    Photos from Facta Nautica    		 Robert Hurst
    YMS-211, 257 & 282 135k The 4th Minesweeper Flotilla Squadron consisting of Delfin; Foka, ex-BYMS-2257 and Mors, ex-BYMS-2282
    Photos from Facta Nautica
    There is no DANFS History currently available for BYMS-2211
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