HMIS Madras (J237) was a -class minesweeper that served in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II.[1]
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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]
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- ↑ "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.
