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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Minesweeper of the Royal Indian Navy}}<br />
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|country= [[India]]<br />
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|name= ''Agra''<br />
|owner= [[Royal Indian Navy]]<br />
|namesake= [[Agra]], city in [[Northern India]]<br />
|ordered= 29 July 1940<br />
|builder= Hooghly Docking & Engineering Company Ltd. ([[Calcutta]])<br />
|laid_down= 11 November 1940<br />
|launched= 19 March 1942<br />
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|commissioned= 15 April 1942<br />
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|header_caption= <ref>{{Cite book|last=Conway|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946 (1980)|year=1980 |isbn=0-85177-146-7}}</ref><br />
|class={{sclass2|Basset|trawler|0}} [[naval trawler]]<br />
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|length={{convert|160|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} <br />
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|draught={{convert|10|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}} (mean) <br />
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'''HMIS ''Agra''''' (T254) was a minesweeping trawler of the [[Royal Indian Navy]], one of twenty-two built to the design of the [[Royal Navy|Royal Navy's]] [[Basset-class trawler|Basset-class]] during the [[Second World War]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Conway|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946 (1980)|year=1980 |isbn=0-85177-146-7|pages=54}}</ref> She was laid down in November 1940, and launched in April 1942, serving until her decommissioning in 1946.<ref>{{Cite web|title=HMIS Agra (T 254) of the Royal Indian Navy - Indian MS Trawler of the Basset class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net|url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7989.html|access-date=2021-07-13|website=uboat.net}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Mine warfare vessels of the Royal Indian Navy]]<br />
[[Category:World War II minesweepers of India]]<br />
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