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{{Other ships|HMS Bombay}}
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|Ship image=[[Image:HMIS Bombay (305827).jpg|300px|HMIS Bombay in Sydney Harbour in 1942]]
|Ship caption=HMIS ''Bombay'' in Sydney Harbour in 1942
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|Ship country=India
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|British India|naval-1928}} {{shipboxflag|India|naval}}
|Ship name=''Bombay''
|Ship namesake=City of Bombay ([[Mumbai]]), [[India]]
|Ship builder=[[Mort's Dock|Mort's Dock and Engineering Co Ltd]], Sydney
|Ship laid down=19 July 1941
|Ship launched=6 December 1941
|Ship commissioned=24 April 1942
|Ship decommissioned=1960
|Ship motto=
|Ship nickname=
|Ship honours=
|Ship fate=Broken up for scrap
|Ship notes=
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
|Ship class=[[Bathurst class corvette]]
|Ship displacement=733 tons<ref name="INSMumbaiPhoto"/>
|Ship length={{convert|189|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|32|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|8.5|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=Triple expansion, 2 shafts
|Ship speed={{convert|15.5|kn|km/h}}
|Ship complement=85
|Ship sensors=
|Ship armament='''Standard class armament:''' 1 × [[QF 4 inch Mk XIX naval gun|4 inch Mk XIX]] gun, 3 × 20 mm [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon]]s, machine guns, [[depth charge]] chutes and throwers
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'''HMIS ''Bombay'' (J249)''', later '''INS ''Bombay''''', named for the city of Bombay (now [[Mumbai]]) in [[India]], was one of 60 [[Bathurst class corvette|''Bathurst'' class corvettes]] constructed during [[World War II]] and one of four operated by the [[Royal Indian Navy]].<ref name="CorvLinks">''Corvettes: Townsville-Punjab'' (2007). HMAS Mildura Association</ref>

==History==
''Bombay'' was laid down by [[Mort's Dock|Morts Dock & Engineering Co]] in Sydney, Australia on 19 July 1941.<ref name="CorvLinks"/> She was launched on 6 December 1941, and commissioned on 24 April 1942.<ref name="CorvLinks"/>

===World War II===
HMIS ''Bombay'' was based in Sydney from the time of commissioning until September 1942. As such, she was present in Sydney Harbour during the [[Attack on Sydney Harbour|Japanese midget submarine operation]] on 31 May – 1 June 1942.<ref>Jenkins (1992). pp. 193–194</ref> In September 1942 ''Bombay'' left Sydney for [[Colombo]].<ref name="CorvLinks"/> While based at ports in [[British Raj|British India]], ''Bombay'' was responsible for escorting convoys between India and the [[Persian Gulf]].<ref name="INSMumbaiPhoto"/> In April 1945 ''Bombay'' operated in support of [[Operation Dracula]].<ref name="INSMumbaiPhoto"/>

===Post-war===
After India became a republic on 26 January 1950, the vessel was renamed as the [[Indian Navy]]'s '''INS ''Bombay'''''.<ref name="INSMumbaiPhoto"/>

''Bombay'' was decommissioned in 1960.<ref name="CorvLinks"/> She was sold for scrap in 1961, and broken up in 1962.<ref name="INSMumbaiPhoto"/>

HMIS ''Bombay'' is recognised as the fifteenth ship (and ninth warship) in [[Indian maritime history]] to bear the name ''Bombay''.<ref name="INSMumbaiPhoto">Chandni</ref> [[INS Mumbai (D62)|INS ''Mumbai'']] is considered to be ''Bombay'''s successor, following the name-change of India's largest city.<ref name="INSMumbaiPhoto"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

* {{cite web |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Articles/Article14.html |title=INS Mumbai: A Photo Essay |access-date=2007-08-14 |author=Chandni, Kapil |publisher=Bharat Rakshak |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809011354/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Articles/Article14.html |archive-date=2007-08-09 }}
* {{cite web |url=http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mildura/corvettes_6.htm |title=HMAS Mildura Links - Corvettes: Townsville-Punjab |access-date=14 August 2007 |date=16 March 2007 |publisher=HMAS Mildura Association |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926223414/http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mildura/corvettes_6.htm |archive-date=26 September 2007 }}
* {{cite book |last=Jenkins |first=David |title=Battle Surface! Japan's Submarine War Against Australia 1942-44 |year=1992 |publisher=Random House Australia |location=Milsons Point |isbn=0-09-182638-1}}



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[[Category:Bathurst-class corvettes of the Royal Indian Navy]]
[[Category:Ships built in New South Wales]]
[[Category:1941 ships]]
[[Category:World War II corvettes of India]]

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