BYMS-class minesweeper

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BYMS 2030
Class overview
Operators Royal Navy
Built1941–1943
Completed150
General characteristics
Type
Minesweeper
Displacement270 long tons (274 t)
Length136 ft (41 m)
Beam24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draught8 ft (2.4 m)
PropulsionGeneral Motors 8-268A diesel engines, two shafts
Speed15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Complement32
Armament

The BYMS class was a

YMS-1 class minesweepers. One hundred fifty ships destined for the United Kingdom were launched
from 1941 to 1943.

Ships

The initial 80 ships were ordered by the U.S. Navy specifically for transfer to the United Kingdom under the Lend-Lease Programme. On transfer to Britain, BYMS-1 through BYMS-80 were assigned the British pennant numbers BYMS-2001 through BYMS-2080. Names were not assigned to the class members.

A further 53 BYMS vessels bore

Navy List
they were designated BYMS, with their original U.S. Navy numbers. The remaining 17 BYMS vessels were delivered in a final batch.

By 1949, only 18 remained in service with the Royal Navy: BYMS-2031, 2039, 2044, 2047, 2049, 2052, 2055, 2063, 2070, 2079, 2157, 2167, 2173, 2213, 2214, 2234, 2253 and 2279.[1]

Twenty-five were transferred to the

Royal Hellenic Navy between December 1943 and September 1948: Afroessa (ex-BYMS-2185, ex-YMS-185), Andromeda (ex-BYMS-2261, ex-YMS-261), Ariadne (ex-BYMS-2058, ex-BYMS-58), Aura (ex-BYMS-2054, ex-BYMS-54), Ithiki (ex-BYMS-2240, ex-YMS-240), Kalymnos (ex-BYMS-2033, ex-BYMS-33), Karteria (ex-BYMS-2065, ex-BYMS-65), Kassos (ex-BYMS-2074, ex-BYMS-74; mined 15 October 1944), Kefallinia (ex-BYMS-2171, ex-YMS-171), Kerkyra (ex-BYMS-2172, ex-YMS-172), Klio (ex-BYMS-2152, ex-BYMS-152), Kos (ex-BYMS-2191, ex-YMS-191; mined 15 October 1944), Lambadias (ex-BYMS-2182, ex-YMS-182), Lefkas (ex-BYMS-2068, ex-BYMS-68), Leros (ex-BYMS-2186, exYMS-186), Paralos (ex-BYMS-2066, ex-BYMS-66), Patmos (ex-BYMS-2229, ex-YMS-229), Paxi (ex-BYMS-2056, ex-BYMS-56), Pigassos (ex-BYMS-2221, ex-YMS-221), Prokyon (ex-BYMS-2076, ex-BYMS-76), Salaminia (ex-BYMS-2067, ex-BYMS-67), Symi (ex-BYMS-2190, ex-YMS-190), Thalia (ex-BYMS-2252, ex-YMS-252), Vegas (ex-BYMS-2078, ex-BYMS-78) and Zakynthos (ex-BYMS-2209, ex-YMS-209)[2][3]

Ten were transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy between March 1946 and April 1947: Borndiep (ex-BYMS-2210, ex-YMS-210), Deurloo (ex-BYMS-2254, ex-YMS-254), Hollandsch Diep (ex-BYMS-2050, ex-BYMS-50), Marsdiep (ex-BYMS-2038, ex-BYMS-38), Oosterschelde (ex-BYMS-2230, ex-YMS230), Texelstroom (ex-BYMS2156, ex-YMS-156), Vliestroom (ex-BYMS-2155, ex-YMS-155), Volkerak (ex-BYMS-2188, ex-YMS-188"), Westerschelde (ex-BYMS-2046, ex-BYMS-46) and Zuiderdiep (ex-BYMS-2048, ex-BYMS-48).[4]

Five were purchased by Finland in 1948 of which four were transferred to the Finnish Navy:[5] Purunpää, Vahterpää, Tammenpää, and Katanpää. These were previously designated BYMS-2032, BYMS-2044, BYMS-2049 and BYMS-2047.[6]

Dutch BYMS-class minesweepers in 1948, led by Westerschelde.

Calypso

Naval Register
in 1947.

See also

  • YMS-1 class minesweeper

References

  1. ^ Francis E. McMurtrie and Raymond V.B. Blackman, Jane's Fighting Ships 1949-50, p. 61. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1949
  2. ^ McMurtrie and Blackman, p. 202
  3. ISBN 0-8317-0303-2
  4. ^ McMurtrie and Blackman, p. 234
  5. ^ Säämänen, Juuso (2017). Suurmaihinnousun uhkasta kaappaushyökkäyksen torjuntaan : Suomen meripuolustuksen maihinnousuntorjuntakyvyn kehittyminen jatkosodan päättymisestä 1960-luvulle. Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulu. p. 104.
  6. ^ JuhaUK (15 August 2014), 55.M.06.11 /1955 "Puupäät" Finnish Navy ships, retrieved 4 March 2024

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