HMIS Hindustan
HMIS Hindustan
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History | |
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India | |
Name | Hindustan |
Ordered | 15 April 1929[citation needed] |
Builder | Swan Hunter |
Laid down | 4 September 1929 |
Launched | 12 May 1930 |
Commissioned | 10 October 1930 |
Decommissioned | 1948 |
Fate | Transferred to Pakistan, 1948 |
Pakistan | |
Name | Karsaz |
Acquired | 1948 |
Decommissioned | 1960 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Folkestone-class sloop |
Displacement | 1,190 long tons (1,210 t) |
Length | 296 ft (90.2208 m) oa |
Beam | 35 ft (10.67 m) |
Draught | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Complement | 119 |
Armament |
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HMIS Hindustan (L80) was a
Hindustan was transferred to Pakistan in 1948 after the independence, and eventually renamed PNS Karsaz. She was decommissioned from the Pakistan Navy in 1960.[1]
Construction and design
HMIS Hindustan was laid down at the
Hindustan was built to a modified and longer version of the Hastings-class design. Her hull was 296 feet 4 inches (90.32 m) long overall, with a beam of 35 feet (10.67 m) and a draught of 11 feet 6 inches (3.51 m). Displacement was 1,190 long tons (1,210 t) standard. She was powered by geared steam turbines fed by two Admiralty 3-drum boilers, driving two shafts and rated at 2,000 shaft horsepower (1,500 kW), sufficient to drive the ship to a speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph). The ship had a complement of 119 officers and men.[2][3]
The ship's main armament consisted of two
Service history
Following the outbreak of the
During World War II, she was a part of the
In April 1945, with
During the
At the time of
References
- ^ "Allied Warships of WWII - Sloop HMIS Hindustan". uboat.net. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
- ^ a b c Hague 1993, p. 31.
- ^ a b Campbell 1980 p. 56.
- ^ Collins 1964, p. 13.
- ^ Collins 1964, p. 33.
- ^ Collins 1964, pp. 39–40.
- ^ Collins 1964, pp. 11, 14, 34.
- ^ "East Indies Fleet, Admiralty Diary Jan-March 1942".
- ^ "East Indies Fleet War Diary 1944". Naval-history.net. 30 December 1944. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
- ^ "HMIS Cauvery, sloop". Naval-history.net. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
- ^ Baker, Jon (2012). "HMIS Hindustan Incident". paradata.org.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
Bibliography
- Collins, J.T.E. (1964). The Royal Indian Navy, 1939–1945. Official History of the Indian Armed Forces In the Second World War. New Delhi: Combined Inter-Services Historical Section (India & Pakistan).
- Campbell, N. J. M. (1980). "Great Britain (including Empire Forces)". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 2–85. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben & Bush, Steve (2020). Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (5th revised and updated ed.). Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-9327-0.
- Hague, Arnold (1993). Sloops: A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926–1946. Kendal, UK: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-67-3.
- ISBN 1-55750-048-7.
- ISBN 1-59114-119-2.