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  YMS63 1942

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
D201 (ex-YMS23), 1944- D351, 1947- Perce-Neige	M664		Greenport Basin, USA	7.1941	13.12.1941	5.1942 // 10.1944	stricken 12.1963
D202 (ex-YMS77)			Stadium, Cleveland, USA	5.1941	11.10.1941	5.1942 // 3.1944	sunk 25.10.1944
D211 (ex-YMS26), 1944- D352, 1947- Pimpernelle	M649		Greenport Basin, USA	12.1941	28.2.1942	6.1942 // 3.1944	stricken 6.1962
D212 (ex-YMS31), 1944- D353, 1947- Primevère	M650		Greenport Basin, USA	3.1942	23.5.1942	8.1942 // 3.1944	stricken 6.1962
D271 (ex-BYMS2207, ex-BYMS207, ex-YMS207), 1944- D354, 1950- Pétunia, 1951 - Tiare	M646		Robert Jacob, New York, USA	4/1942	1.8.1942	1.1943 // 3.1944	stricken 11.1961
D272 (ex-BYMS2208, ex-BYMS208, ex-YMS208), 1944- D355, 1947- Genêt	M651		Robert Jacob, New York, USA	4/1942	8.8.1942	2.1943 // 3.1944	stricken 11.1961
D273 (ex-YMS227), 1944- D356, 1947- Zinnia, 1951- Lotus	M652		Frank L. Sample, Boothbay Harbor, USA	4.1942	7.9.1942	3.1943 // 3.1944	stricken 11.1961
D301 (ex-YMS169), 1947- Amarante	M641		Dachel-Carter, Benton Harbor, USA	9.1942	24.4.1943	6.1943 // 8.1944	stricken 3.1961
D311 (ex-YMS34), 1947- Anémone	M665		Hiltebrant, Kingston, USA	5.1941	21.10.1941	6.1942 // 10.1944	stricken 5.1964
D312 (ex-YMS63), 1947- Tiaré	M656, 1951- P656		Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville, USA	11.1941	6.3.1942	6.1942 // 10.1944	patrol 1951, stricken 1961
D313 (ex-YMS58), 1947- Armoise	M642		Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville, USA	6.1941	22.12.1941	4.1942 // 10.1944	stricken 11.1959
D314 (ex-BYMS2226, ex-BYMS226, ex-YMS226), 1947- Asphodèle	M643		Frank L. Sample, Boothbay Harbor, USA	3/1942	31.8.1942	1.1943 // 10.1944	stricken 2.1969
D315 (ex-YMS28), 1947- Aubépine	M657		Greenport Basin, USA	1.1942	31.3.1942	7.1942 // 10.1944	to South Vietnam 2.1954 (Hàm Tử)
D316 (ex-YMS37), 1947- Balsamine	M653		Hiltebrant, Kingston, USA	10.1941	28.1.1942	8.1942 // 10.1944	stricken 8.1960
D317 (ex-YMS13), 1947- Basilic	M644		Rice Bros, E. Boothbay, USA	4.1941	2.5.1942	8.1942 // 10.1944	stricken 12.1963
D318 (ex-YMS78), 1947- Belladone	M658		Stadium, Cleveland, USA	5.1941	11.12.1941	6.1942 // 10.1944	to South Vietnam 2.1954 (Bạch Đằng)
D321 (ex-YMS36), 1947- Campanule	M661		Hiltebrant, Kingston, USA	10.1941	21.1.1942	7.1942 // 10.1944	stricken 3.1961
D322 (ex-YMS16), 1947- Capucine	M654		Rice Bros, E. Boothbay, USA	3.1942	7.9.1942	2.1943 // 10.1944	stricken 2.1955
D323 (ex-YMS62), 1947- Clématite	M647		Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville, USA	11.1941	25.2.1942	5.1942 // 10.1944	stricken 6.1954
D324 (ex-YMS43), 1947- Lotus	M658, 1951- P658		Wheeler, Brooklyn, USA	6.1941	30.3.1942	5.1942 // 10.1944	patrol 1951, stricken 1961?
D325 (ex-YMS82), 1947- Dahlia	M645		Stadium, Cleveland, USA	10.1941	13.6.1942	8.1942 // 10.1944	stricken 1.1959
D326 (ex-YMS83), 1947- Digitale	M655		Stadium, Cleveland, USA	10.1941	27.6.1942	8.1942 // 10.1944	to South Vietnam 2.1954 (Chương Dương)
D327 (ex-YMS20), 1947- Gentiane	M648		Greenport Basin, USA	6.1941	1.11.1941	4.1942 // 10.1944	stricken 8.1960
D331 (ex-YMS55), 1947- Géranium	M666		Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville, USA	5.1941	22.11.1941	3.1942 // 9.1944	stricken 11.1954
D332 (ex-YMS18), 1947- Glycine			Herreshoff, Bristol, USA	6.1941	8.12.1941	5.1942 // 10.1944	sunk 28.5.1949
D333 (ex-YMS27), 1947- Hortensia	M659		Greenport Basin, USA	12.1941	7.3.1942	6.1942 // 10.1944	stricken 3.1961
D334 (ex-YMS3), 1947- Héliotrope	M662		Henry B. Nevins, New York, USA	3.1941	13.4.1942	4.1942 // 10.1944	stricken 12.1965
D335 (ex-YMS29), 1947- Jasmin	M663		Greenport Basin, USA	1.1942	11.4.1942	7.1942 // 10.1944	stricken 6.1963, to Madagascar (Jasmine)
D336 (ex-YMS64), 1947- Jonquille	M660		Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville, USA	1.1942	25.3.1942	6.1942 // 10.1944	stricken 11.1964
D337 (ex-YMS69), 1947- Marjolaine	M656		Weaver, Orange, USA	7.1941	5.3.1942	8.1942 // 9.1944	to Madagascar 2.1961 (Tanamasoandro)
D338 (ex-YMS15), 1947- Myosotis			Rice Bros, E. Boothbay, USA	7.1941	16.7.1942	12.1942 // 10.1944	sunk 20.6.1949

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	270
Displacement full, t	320
Length, m	39.6 wl 41.5 oa
Breadth, m	7.47
Draught, m	2.36 full load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 diesels
Power, h. p.	800
Max speed, kts	14
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	2000 (12)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20/21, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 DCT, 2 DCR, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	SF or SO or SU radar
Complement	60

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Project history

Ex-USN motor minesweepers of YMS type.

Modernizations

1951, Lotus, Tiaré: - minesweeping gear

Naval service

: D202 was sunk by German mine. Glycine was mined off Vietnam 28.5.1949. Myosotis was mined on Mekong 20.6.1949.