Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive

HM BYMS-2024
ex-HM J-824
ex-BYMS-24



BYMS-24 served the Navies of Great Britain and Italy.
BYMS-1 Class Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 24 March 1942 as BYMS-24 by the Seattle Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Seattle, WA
  • Launched 27 June 1942
  • Completed 6 November 1942
  • Transferred to Great Britain 9 November 1942 and reclassified HM J-824
  • Reclassified HM BYMS-2024
  • Returned to U.S. custody 23 May 1947; transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission; sold to Italy and named Narciso (DR 414) and struck from the Navy Register
  • Reclassified later as M-5410
  • Struck from the Italian registry in 1966
  • 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 dcp
  • Propulsion: Two 1,000bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Narciso (DR 414)
    BYMS-24 49k c. 1953 Robert Hurst
    Narciso (M 5410)
    BYMS-24 72k c. 1958
    Italian Navy photo from the 1958/1959 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships    		 Robert Hurst
    BYMS-24 117k c. 1965
    Italian Navy photo from the 1966/1967 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships
    There is no DANFS history available for BYMS-24
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Naval Minewarfare Association
    Association of Minemen
    Back To The Main Photo Index Back To the Mine Warfare Ship Photo Index Back to the British Motor Minesweeper (BYMS) Photo Index
    Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster
    This page created and maintained by Joseph M. Radigan (of blessed memory) & Michael Mohl
    All Pages © 1996 - 2023, NavSource History, All rights reserved.