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HMS BYMS 2282

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Name
  
HMS BYMS-2282 (J1082)

Struck
  
28 August 1947

Launched
  
30 November 1942

Completed
  
26 August 1943

Name
  
ORP Mors

Length
  
42 m

Laid down
  
15 August 1942, as USS YMS-282

Fate
  
Transferred to Poland, 18 April 1948

Builder
  
San Diego County, California

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 Japanese submarine 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

HMS BYMS-2282 Wikipedia