British Motor Minesweepers (BYMS)
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British Motor Minesweepers (BYMS) are small military minesweepers, based on the U.S. YMS ship type, built in the United States during World War II for delivery to the United Kingdom.
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[edit] History
Eighty ships of the 136-foot YMS type were ordered by the U.S. Navy specifically for transfer to Great Britain under the lend-lease program during World War II.
[edit] Accounting Methods
For accounting purposes they were carried on the Navy List as "British Motor Minesweepers" (BYMS) and numbered in a separate sequence from 1 to 80. Upon transfer to Britain, BYMS-1 to BYMS-80 were assigned the British pendant numbers BYMS-2001 to BYMS-2080. Names were not assigned them by the Royal Navy.
[edit] Characteristics
Their general characteristics were identical to those of their U.S. Navy counterparts. Fifty-three more BYMS's bore hull numbers from 137 to 284. These were originally built for the U.S. Navy as YMS's and transferred to Britain on, or shortly after, completion. On the Navy List they were designated BYMS, with their original U.S. Navy numbers.
[edit] References
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
