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	''Indus'' was a part of the [[Eastern Fleet]] during the war.		''Indus'' was a part of the [[Eastern Fleet]] during the war.

	In March 1942, British Indian Army and British Army troops from Rangoon had to be withdrawn, as they were overwhelmed by the superior numbers as well as the air command of the Japanese. Akyab was the next port to be attacked by the Japanese in April. The Flag-Officer-Commanding of the Eastern Fleet refused to withdraw ''Indus'' and {{ship\|HMIS\|Sutlej\|U95\|2}} from the anti-infiltration patrol off Akyab. On 6 April, ''Indus'' suffered 3 direct bomb hits in an air raid by Japanese [[Mitsubishi G3M]] bombers, and sank in 35 minutes. There was no loss of life to her crew although 10 were injured.<ref name=nh-1942>{{cite web\|title=REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS (ROP) OF EASTERN FLEET - 1942\|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWD-EF1942-Introduction.htm\|work=naval-history.net\|access-date=23 December 2012\|date=14 July ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref name="Bloodyv2 p405">Shores, Cull and Izawa, 1993, p. 405.</ref>		In March 1942, British Indian Army and British Army troops from Rangoon had to be withdrawn, as they were overwhelmed by the superior numbers as well as the air command of the Japanese. Akyab was the next port to be attacked by the Japanese in April. The Flag-Officer-Commanding of the Eastern Fleet refused to withdraw ''Indus'' and {{ship\|HMIS\|Sutlej\|U95\|2}} from the anti-infiltration patrol off Akyab. On 6 April, ''Indus'' suffered 3 direct bomb hits in an air raid by Japanese [[Mitsubishi G3M]] bombers, and sank in 35 minutes. There was no loss of life to her crew although 10 were injured.<ref name=nh-1942>{{cite web\|title=REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS (ROP) OF EASTERN FLEET - 1942\|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWD-EF1942-Introduction.htm\|work=naval-history.net\|access-date=23 December 2012\|date=14 July 2011}}</ref><ref name="Bloodyv2 p405">Shores, Cull and Izawa, 1993, p. 405.</ref>

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{{For|Royal Navy ships of the same name|HMS Indus}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2022}}
{|{{Infobox ship begin}}
{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image=HMIS indus IWM ADNO 9148.jpg
|Ship caption=''Indus'' in Akyab harbour, Burma, 1942
}}
{{Infobox ship career
|Hide header=
|Ship country=India
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|British India|naval-1928}}
|Ship name=''Indus''
|Ship namesake=[[Indus]]
|Ship ordered=
|Ship builder=[[Hawthorn Leslie and Company]]
|Ship laid down=8 December 1933<ref name="sloops p60"/>
|Ship launched=24 August 1934<ref name="sloops p60"/>
|Ship acquired=
|Ship commissioned=15 March 1935<ref name="sloops p60"/>
|Ship decommissioned=
|Ship in service=
|Ship out of service=
|Ship struck=
|Ship reinstated=
|Ship honours=
|Ship identification=[[Pennant number]]: L67 (U67 after 1940)
|Ship fate=Sunk by Japanese aircraft off Akyab, 6 April 1942
|Ship notes=
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
|Hide header=
|Header caption=<ref name="Conways22 p56">Campbell 1980, p. 56.</ref>
|Ship class=''Grimsby'' class sloop
|Ship displacement={{convert|1190|LT|abbr=on}} standard load
|Ship length={{convert|296|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}} [[length overall|oa]]
|Ship beam={{convert|35|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|10|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft=
|Ship propulsion=*Parsons geared turbines; 2 shafts, 2 Admiralty 3-drum type boilers, {{convert|2000|shp|kW|abbr=on}}
*Oil fuel: 341 tons
|Ship speed={{convert|16.25|kn|abbr=on}}
|Ship range=
|Ship complement=119
|Ship sensors=
|Ship EW=
|Ship armament=*2 × [[4.7 inch QF Mark IX & XII|4.7 in (120 mm) Mark IX]] guns,
*4 × [[Ordnance QF 3-pounder Vickers|3-pounder]] guns,
*1 × quadruple [[Vickers .50 machine gun]] mount<ref name="sloops p60">Hague 1993, p. 60.</ref>
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'''HMIS ''Indus''''' was a {{sclass|Grimsby|sloop|1}} of the [[Royal Indian Navy]] launched in 1934 and sunk during the [[Second World War]] in 1942. She was a slightly enlarged version of other vessels in the ''Grimsby'' class. She was named after the [[Indus River]]. ''Indus'' served mainly as an escort vessel, and she was therefore lightly armed. Her [[pennant number]] was changed to U67 in 1940.<ref name=ub-indus>[http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3899.html HMIS Indus (L 67 / U 67) at uboat.net.]</ref>

==History==
''Indus'' was a part of the [[Eastern Fleet]] during the war.

In March 1942, British Indian Army and British Army troops from Rangoon had to be withdrawn, as they were overwhelmed by the superior numbers as well as the air command of the Japanese. Akyab was the next port to be attacked by the Japanese in April. The Flag-Officer-Commanding of the Eastern Fleet refused to withdraw ''Indus'' and {{ship|HMIS|Sutlej|U95|2}} from the anti-infiltration patrol off Akyab. On 6 April, ''Indus'' suffered 3 direct bomb hits in an air raid by Japanese [[Mitsubishi G3M]] bombers, and sank in 35 minutes. There was no loss of life to her crew although 10 were injured.<ref name=nh-1942>{{cite web|title=REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS (ROP) OF EASTERN FLEET - 1942|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWD-EF1942-Introduction.htm|work=naval-history.net|access-date=23 December 2012|date=14 July 2022}}</ref><ref name="Bloodyv2 p405">Shores, Cull and Izawa, 1993, p. 405.</ref>

==Fate==
On 6 April 1942 ''Indus'' was bombed and sunk by [[Imperial Japan|Japanese]] aircraft off [[Akyab]], [[Burma]] in position {{coord|20|7|N|92|54|E|display=inline,title}}

===Commanding officers===
''Indus'' commanding officers during her service were:
*Commander Eric George Guilding (24 November 1938 – 23 September 1941)
*Lieutenant Commander Jesser Evelyn Napier (23 September 1941 – 6 April 1942) - promoted to commander on 25 October 1941
*Commander [[James Wilfred Jefford]]

==See also==
*{{ship|HMIS|Jumna|U21|6}}
*{{ship|HMIS|Sutlej|U95|6}}

==Notes==
{{reflist|2}}

==References==
* {{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|editor1-last=Chesneau |editor1-first=Roger |publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=Greenwich, UK |year=1980 |isbn=0-85177-146-7 |chapter=Great Britain (including Empire Forces)|author-first=N. J. M. |author-last=Campbell |pages=2–85}}
*{{cite book |last1=Colledge |first1=J. J. |title=Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present |date=2020 |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |location=Barnsley, UK |isbn=978-1-5267-9327-0 |edition=5th revised and updated|first2=Ben|last2=Warlow|first3=Steve|last3=Bush|name-list-style=amp}}
* {{cite book|last=Collins|first=J.T.E.|title=The Royal Indian Navy, 1939–1945|series=Official History of the Indian Armed Forces In the Second World War|year=1964|publisher=Combined Inter-Services Historical Section (India & Pakistan)|location=New Delhi|url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/RIN/index.html}}
* {{cite book|last=Hague|first=Arnold|title=Sloops: A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926–1946|year=1993|publisher=World Ship Society|location=Kendal, UK|isbn=0-905617-67-3}}
* {{cite book|last=Lenton|first=H. T.|title=British & Empire Warships of the Second World War |publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1998 |isbn=1-55750-048-7 |author-link=Henry Trevor Lenton}}
* {{cite book|last=Rohwer|first=Jürgen|title=Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two |publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=2005 |edition=Third Revised |isbn=1-59114-119-2|author-link=Jürgen Rohwer}}
* {{cite book|last1=Shores|first1=Christopher|last2=Cull|first2=Brian|last3=Izawa |first3=Yasuho |title=Bloody Shambles: Volume Two: The Defence of Sumatra to the Fall of Burma|year=1993 |publisher=Grub Street|location=London|isbn=0-948817-67-4}}

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[[Category:Sloops of the United Kingdom]]
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[[Category:World War II shipwrecks in the Indian Ocean]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in April 1942]]

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