| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name: | Madras |
| Ordered: | 24 September 1940 |
| Builder: | Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company |
| Laid down: | 4 August 1941 |
| Launched: | 17 February 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 12 May 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 1960 |
| 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 |
| 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 Madras (J237) was a -class minesweeper that served in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II.[1]
History
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.[2][3][4][5]
See also
Notes
- ↑ "HMIS Madras (J 237) of the Royal Indian Navy - Indian Minesweeper of the Bathurst class - Allied Warships of WWII". uboat.net. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ↑ "Eastern Fleet, Admiralty War Diary 1942". Naval-history.net. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ↑ "Eastern Fleet War Diary 1943". Naval-history.net. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ↑ "East Indies Fleet War Diary 1944". Naval-history.net. 30 December 1944. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ↑ "East Indies Fleet War Diary 1945". Naval-history.net. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
