HMIS Agra (T254)
HMIS Agra (T254) was a minesweeping trawler of the Royal Indian Navy, one of twenty-two built to the design of the Royal Navy's Basset-class during the Second World War.[2] She was laid down in November 1940, and launched in April 1942, serving until her decommissioning in 1946.[3]
| History | |
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 India
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| Name: | Agra |
| Namesake: | Agra, city in Northern India |
| Owner: | Royal Indian Navy |
| Ordered: | 29 July 1940 |
| Builder: | Hooghly Docking & Engineering Company Ltd. (Calcutta) |
| Laid down: | 11 November 1940 |
| Launched: | 19 March 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 15 April 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 1946 |
| Fate: | Sold 1948, scrapped February 1963 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | -class naval trawler |
| Type: | Naval trawler |
| Displacement: | 521 long tons (529 t) |
| Length: | 160 ft 6 in (48.92 m) |
| Beam: | 27 ft 1 in (8.26 m) |
| Draught: | 10 ft 7 in (3.23 m) (mean) |
| Propulsion: | 1 triple expansion reciprocating engine, 1 shaft, 850 ihp (634 kW) |
| Speed: | 12.5 knots (14.4 mph; 23.2 km/h) |
| Complement: | 33 (RIN 48) |
| Armament: |
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ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Conway (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946 (1980). ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- ↑ Conway (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946 (1980). p. 54. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- ↑ "HMIS Agra (T 254) of the Royal Indian Navy - Indian MS Trawler of the Basset class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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