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HMS BYMS-2282
ex-HMS J-1082
ex-YMS-282


BYMS-2282 served the Navies of Great Britain and Poland.
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 15 August 1942 as YMS-282 by the San Diego Marine Construction Co., San Diego, CA
  • Launched 30 November 1942
  • Completed 26 August 1943, transferred to Great Britain and reclassified HMS J-1082
  • Reclassified HMS BYMS-2282
  • Struck from the Naval Register 28 August 1947 and transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission
  • Transferred to Poland 18 April 1948 and reclassified T-33
  • Later named ORP Mors
  • Struck from the Polish Navy list 8 January 1957
  • 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 singlr reduction gear, two shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    HM BYMS-2282
    YMS-282 32k c. November 1947 .
    ORP T-33
    YMS-282 67k Photos from Facta Nautica Robert Hurst
    ORP Mors
    YMS-211, 257 & 282 135k The 4th Minesweeper Flotilla Squadron consisting of Delfin, ex-BYMS-2211; Foka, ex-BYMS-2257 and Mors
    Photos from Facta Nautica    		 Robert Hurst
    There is no DANFS History currently available for YMS-282
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    Association of Minemen
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