HMS BYMS-2282

Minesweeper of the Royal Navy

History
A YMS-1-class minesweeper
United Kingdom
Name	HMS BYMS-2282 (J1082)
Builder	San Diego Marine Construction Co., San Diego, California
Laid down	15 August 1942, as USS YMS-282
Launched	30 November 1942
Completed	26 August 1943
Stricken	28 August 1947
Fate	Transferred to Poland, 18 April 1948
Poland
Name	ORP Mors
Acquired	18 April 1948
Stricken	8 January 1957
Fate	Unknown
General characteristics
Class and type	YMS-1-class auxiliary motor minesweeper
Displacement	270 long tons (274 t)
Length	136 ft (41 m)
Beam	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion	2 × 880 bhp (656 kW) General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, 2 shafts
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	32
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber guns 2 × 20 mm guns 2 × depth charge projectors

HMS BYMS-2282 was a BYMS-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was built as YMS-282 for the United States Navy but was transferred under Lend-Lease to the United Kingdom upon completion and never commissioned into the United States Navy. BYMS-2282 was transferred to the Polish Navy after conclusion of the war and served as ORP Mors.

Career

She was laid down on 15 August 1942 as YMS-282 by the San Diego Marine Construction Co., San Diego, California and launched on 30 November 1942. Upon completion on 26 August 1943, she was transferred to the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease as HMS BYMS-2282.

She participated, along with BYMS-2203 in the aftermath of the sinking of the RO-111 with Bangust (DE-739).

She was transferred to the Polish Navy on 18 April 1948 as ORP Mors and struck on 8 January 1957. Her ultimate fate is unknown.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

External links

Photo gallery of BYMS-2282 at NavSource Naval History
Photograph of BYMS-2282 in 1947 (in Polish)

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