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HMS BYMS-2042
ex-HMS J-842
ex-BYMS-42



BYMS-42 served the Navies of Great Britain and Italy.
BYMS-1 Class Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 15 October 1942 as BYMS-42 by the Barbour Boat Works, New Bern, NC
  • Launched 26 June 1943
  • Completed 11 November 1943
  • Transferred to Great Britain 13 November 1943 and reclassified HMS J-842
  • Reclassified HMS BYMS-2042
  • Returned to U.S. custody 3 December 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register 5 December 1945
  • Transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission in November 1947; sold to Italy and named Gladiolo (DR 417)
  • Reclassified M-5416
  • 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 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
    BYMS-2042 206 c. 1965
    Italian Navy photo from Jane's Fighting Ships    		 Robert Hurst
    There is no DANFS history available for BYMS-42
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