HMIS Madras (J237)

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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Madras.

History
India
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[edit]

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[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "Eastern Fleet, Admiralty War Diary 1942". Naval-history.net. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Eastern Fleet War Diary 1943". Naval-history.net. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "East Indies Fleet War Diary 1944". Naval-history.net. 30 December 1944. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "East Indies Fleet War Diary 1945". Naval-history.net. Retrieved 11 June 2014.

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