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HMS BYMS-2257
ex-HMS J-1057
ex-YMS-257


BYMS-2257 served the Navies of Great Britain and Poland.
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 15 October 1942 as YMS-257 by the Weaver Shipyard, Orange, TX
  • Launched 30 September 1943
  • Completed 19 January 1944
  • Transferred to Great Britain 20 January 1944 and reclassified HMS J-1057
  • Reclassified HMS BYMS-2257
  • Struck from the Naval Register 28 August 1947
  • Returned to U.S. custody 29 August 1947 and transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission
  • Transferred to Poland 18 April 1948 and reclassified T-32
  • Later named ORP Foka
  • Struck 15 December 1955
  • 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
    HM BYMS-2257
    YMS-257 223k BYMS-2257 Ian Smith
    YMS-257 94k BYMS-2257 outboard of BYMS-2173, ex-YMS-173 Joe Radigan
    ORP Foka
    YMS-211, 257 & 282 135k The 4th Minesweeper Flotilla Squadron consisting of Delfin, ex-BYMS-2211; Foka and Mors, ex-BYMS-2282
    Photos from Facta Nautica    		 Robert Hurst
    There is no DANFS History currently available for YMS-257
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