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'''HMIS ''Punjab'' (J239)''' was a [[Bathurst class minesweeper|''Bathurst'' class]] [[Minesweeper (ship)|minesweeper]] which served in the [[Royal Indian Navy]] (RIN) during [[World War II]].<ref name=u-punjab>http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3744.html</ref>
'''HMIS ''Punjab'' (J239)''' was a {{Sclass|Bathurst|minesweeper}} which served in the [[Royal Indian Navy]] (RIN) during [[World War II]].<ref name=u-punjab>{{Cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3744.html|title = HMIS Punjab (J 239) of the Royal Indian Navy - Indian Minesweeper of the Bathurst class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
HMIS ''Punjab'' was ordered in 1941, and built by [[Mort's Dock]]. 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>http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWD-EF1942b.htm</ref><ref name=nh-1943b>http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWD-EF1943b.htm</ref><ref name=nh-1944>http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWD-EF1944-11.htm</ref><ref name=nh-1945>http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWD-EF1945.htm</ref>
HMIS ''Punjab'' was ordered in 1941, and built by [[Mort's Dock]]. 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}}</ref><ref name=nh-1943b>{{Cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWD-EF1943b.htm|title = Eastern Fleet War Diary 1943}}</ref><ref name=nh-1944>{{Cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWD-EF1944-11.htm|title=East Indies Fleet War Diary 1944}}</ref><ref name=nh-1945>{{Cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWD-EF1945.htm|title=East Indies Fleet War Diary 1945}}</ref>


In July 1945, in support of the planned Allied amphibious landings in Malaya, ''Punjab'' with other RIN and Royal Navy vessels conducted minesweeping operations off [[Phuket (city)|Phuket]].<ref name=nh-squirrel>http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-22MS-Algerine-Squirrel.htm</ref>
In July 1945, in support of the planned Allied amphibious landings in Malaya, ''Punjab'' with other RIN and Royal Navy vessels conducted minesweeping operations off [[Phuket (city)|Phuket]].<ref name=nh-squirrel>{{Cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-22MS-Algerine-Squirrel.htm|title=HMS Squirrel, minesweeper}}</ref>


After the [[independence of India]] and the subsequent [[Partition of India|partition]], she was among the vessels transferred to Pakistan.
After the [[independence of India]] and the subsequent [[Partition of India|partition]], she was among the vessels transferred to Pakistan.
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Latest revision as of 00:38, 17 February 2022

History
India
Name: Punjab
Ordered: 24 January 1941
Builder: Mort's Dock
Laid down: 26 May 1941
Launched: 10 October 1941
Commissioned: 20 March 1942
Out of service: 1949
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type: -class minesweeper
Displacement: 1,025 tons (full war load)
Length: 186 ft (57 m)
Beam: 31 ft (9.4 m)
Draught: 8.5 ft (2.6 m)
Propulsion: Triple expansion, 2 shafts. 2,000 hp (1,500 kW)
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement: 85
Sensors and
processing systems:
Type 128 asdic
Armament: 1 × 12-pounder gun or 1 × 4 inchgun, 1 × 40 mm Bofors gun, 2-3 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns, up to 40 depth charges

HMIS Punjab (J239) was a -class minesweeper which served in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II.[1]

History[edit]

HMIS Punjab was ordered in 1941, and built by Mort's Dock. She was commissioned in 1942, into the Eastern Fleet. She escorted a number of convoys until the end of the war.[2][3][4][5]

In July 1945, in support of the planned Allied amphibious landings in Malaya, Punjab with other RIN and Royal Navy vessels conducted minesweeping operations off Phuket.[6]

After the independence of India and the subsequent partition, she was among the vessels transferred to Pakistan.

Notes[edit]

  1. "HMIS Punjab (J 239) of the Royal Indian Navy - Indian Minesweeper of the Bathurst class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net".
  2. "Eastern Fleet, Admiralty War Diary 1942".
  3. "Eastern Fleet War Diary 1943".
  4. "East Indies Fleet War Diary 1944".
  5. "East Indies Fleet War Diary 1945".
  6. "HMS Squirrel, minesweeper".

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