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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{other ships|HMS Madras}}<br />
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'''HMIS ''Madras'' (J237)''' was a {{sclass|Bathurst|minesweeper}} that served in the [[Royal Indian Navy]] (RIN) during [[World War II]].<ref name=u-madras>{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3743.html |title=HMIS Madras (J 237) of the Royal Indian Navy - Indian Minesweeper of the Bathurst class - Allied Warships of WWII |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2014-06-11}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
HMIS ''Madras'' was ordered in 1940, and built at Cockatoo Docks in Australia. She was commissioned in 1942 into the [[Eastern Fleet]]. She escorted a number of convoys until the end of the war.<ref name=nh-1942>{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWD-EF1942b.htm |title=Eastern Fleet, Admiralty War Diary 1942 |publisher=Naval-history.net |access-date=2014-06-11}}</ref><ref name=nh-1943b>{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWD-EF1943b.htm |title=Eastern Fleet War Diary 1943 |publisher=Naval-history.net |access-date=2014-06-11}}</ref><ref name=nh-1944>{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWD-EF1944-11.htm |title=East Indies Fleet War Diary 1944 |publisher=Naval-history.net |date=1944-12-30 |access-date=2014-06-11}}</ref><ref name=nh-1945>{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWD-EF1945.htm |title=East Indies Fleet War Diary 1945 |publisher=Naval-history.net |access-date=2014-06-11}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* {{ship|INS|Chennai|D65}}<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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{{Bathurst class corvette}}<br />
{{Corvettes_of_the_Indian_Navy}}<br />
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[[Category:Bathurst-class corvettes of the Royal Indian Navy]]<br />
[[Category:1942 ships]]</div>
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