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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Modified Flower-class corvette}}<br />
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'''HMIS ''Assam''''' was a [[World War II]] {{sclass2|Flower|corvette}} of the [[Royal Indian Navy]]. She was originally ordered for and commissioned as '''HMS ''Bugloss''''' of the [[Royal Navy]], but transferred to the Royal Indian Navy immediately upon commissioning.<ref name=u-assam>{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5600.html|title=HMIS ''Assam'' (K306)|publisher=Uboat.net|access-date=2012-03-28}}</ref> She was transferred back to the Royal Navy in 1947 and subsequently scrapped.<br />
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==History==<br />
''Bugloss'' was ordered from [[John Crown & Sons Ltd]] for the [[Royal Navy]] 1942. She was transferred to the Royal Indian Navy immediately upon commissioning in 1945, and served as ''Assam'' until her transfer back to the Royal Navy in 1947.<br />
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===Operations in World War II===<br />
''Assam'' joined the [[Eastern Fleet]] just months before the end of World War II. She escorted numerous convoys in 1945 during the war.<ref name=nh-1945>{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWD-EF1945.htm|title=Eastern Fleet War Diary|publisher=naval-history.net|access-date=2012-03-28}}</ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
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