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HMS BYMS-2043
ex-HMS J-843
ex-BYMS-43



BYMS-43 was built for Great Britain.
BYMS-1 Class Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 3 April 1942 as BYMS-43 by Gibbs Corp., Jacksonville, FL
  • Launched 12 June 1942
  • Completed 11 November 1942
  • Transferred to Great Britain 6 December 1942 and named HMS J-843
  • Renamed HMS BYMS-2043
  • Returned to U.S. custody 3 September 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register 13 December 1946
  • Transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission 1 January 1948 and sold
  • 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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