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|Ship country=India | |Ship country=India | ||
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|India|naval}} | |Ship flag= {{shipboxflag| British India| naval-1928}} | ||
|Ship name=''El Hind'' | |Ship name=''El Hind'' | ||
|Ship namesake=[[Al-Hind|El Hind]] | |||
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|Ship type=[[Landing Ship, Infantry]] | |Ship type=[[Landing Ship, Infantry]] | ||
|Ship displacement=5319 tons | |Ship displacement=5319 tons | ||
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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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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}} | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||