HMIS Jamnagar: Difference between revisions

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''Jamnagar'' was built by [[John I. Thornycroft & Company|J I Thornycroft & Co Ltd]], Woolston.<ref name=Ships>{{cite book | first = and Sawyer, L A| last = Mitchell, W H | year = 1995| title = The Empire Ships| publisher = Lloyd's of London Press Ltd| location = London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong|isbn=1-85044-275-4}}</ref> She was yard number 1030. ''Jamnagar'' was launched on 2 September 1924 and completed in October 1924.<ref name=Miramar>{{csr|register=MSI|id=1147002|access-date=30 December 2022}}</ref>

The ship was {{convert|160|ft|9|in|m|2}} long, with a beam of {{convert|26|ft|1|in|m|2}} and a depth of {{convert|11|ft|7|in|m|2}}. She was propelled by a [[triple expansion steam engine]] which had cylinders of 13½ inches (62&nbsp;cm){{convert|13.5|in|cm}}, {{convert|22|in|cm}} and {{convert|35|in|cm}} bore by {{convert|27|in|cm}} stroke. The engine was built by Thornycroft. She had a GRT of 567 and a NRT of 279.<ref name=Jamnagar40>{{cite web|url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/40/40a0479.pdf |title=LLOYD'S REGISTER, NAVIRES A VAPEUR ET A MOTEURS |publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |access-date=30 December 2022}}</ref>

''Jamnagar'' was operated by the Mercantile Marine Department of the State of [[Jamnagar|Nawanagar]].<ref name=Jamnagar38>{{cite web|url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/38/38b0443.pdf |title=LLOYD'S REGISTER, NAVIRES A VAPEUR ET A MOTEURS |publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |access-date=30 December 2022}}</ref> In 1940, she was sold to Hashim Mohomed Ganchi, [[India]]. Her port of registry was Karachi.<ref name=Jamnagar40/> In 1940, ''Jamnagar'' was requisitioned by the Royal Indian Navy for use as an [[patrol vessel|auxiliary patrol vessel]]. She was returned to Ganchi in 1944 and then requisitioned by the MoWT and renamed ''Empire Bulbul''. In 1947, she was sold to Yannoulatos (Far East) Ltd, [[Hong Kong]] and renamed ''Hellenic Bulbul''.<ref name=Ships/> She was operated under the management of the [[British-India Steam Navigation Company|British Indian Steam Navigation Co Ltd]].<ref name="Jamnagar40"/> The name ''Hellenic Bee'' had been allocated,<ref name=Ships/> but on 29 August 1948 she ran aground on Domanik Island, [[Bay of Bengal]]  ({{coord|21|53|N|90|48|E}}), and then sank.<ref name=Miramar/>