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	On 14 April 1944, exactly 6 years after her launch, ''El Hind'' was destroyed in a fire at Victoria Dock, [[Bombay]] when the British merchant ship [[Bombay Explosion (1944)\|''SS Fort Stikine'' carrying explosives and ammunition blew up]].		On 14 April 1944, exactly 6 years after her launch, ''El Hind'' was destroyed in a fire at Victoria Dock, [[Bombay]] when the British merchant ship [[Bombay Explosion (1944)\|''SS Fort Stikine'' carrying explosives and ammunition blew up]].

			{{April 1944 shipwrecks}}

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	'''HMIS ''El Hind'' (F120)''' was a merchant ship that was requisitioned by the [[Royal Indian Navy]] (RIN) in 1943. She was commissioned, and served as a [[Landing Ship, Infantry]] (Large) during [[World War II]].<ref name=u-elhind>http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/13447.html</ref> She was destroyed in a fire in 1944.		'''HMIS ''El Hind'' (F120)''' was a merchant ship that was requisitioned by the [[Royal Indian Navy]] (RIN) in 1943. She was commissioned, and served as a [[Landing Ship, Infantry]] (Large) during [[World War II]].<ref name=u-elhind>{{Cite web\|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/13447.html\|title=Allied Warships of WWII - Landing Ship Infantry HMIS el Hind - uboat.net}}</ref> She was destroyed in a fire in 1944.

	==History==		==History==

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'''HMIS ''El Hind'' (F120)''' was a merchant ship that was requisitioned by the [[Royal Indian Navy]] (RIN) in 1943. She was commissioned, and served as a [[Landing Ship, Infantry]] (Large) during [[World War II]].<ref name=u-elhind>http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/13447.html</ref> She was destroyed in a fire in 1944.

==History==
HMIS ''El Hind'' was originally a merchant ship, built by [[Lithgows]] Limited in [[Scotland]] and completed in June 1938. She was requisitioned in 1943, and commissioned into the RIN for use in [[amphibious warfare]] as ''[[Landing Ship, Infantry]]''.

On 14 April 1944, exactly 6 years after her launch, ''El Hind'' was destroyed in a fire at Victoria Dock, [[Bombay]] when the British merchant ship [[Bombay Explosion (1944)|''SS Fort Stikine'' carrying explosives and ammunition blew up]].

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[[Category:Amphibious warfare vessels of the Royal Indian Navy]]
[[Category:1938 ships]]