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'''HMIS ''Bihar'' (J247)''' was a {{sclass | '''HMIS ''Bihar'' (J247)''' was a {{sclass|Bangor|minesweeper}} built for the [[Royal Navy]]. It transferred to the [[Royal Indian Navy]] (RIN) during the Second World War. | ||
==Design and description== | ==Design and description== | ||
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HMIS ''Bihar'' was ordered in 1940 and built at [[Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers]] in [[Kolkata]], [[India]]. She was commissioned into the RIN in 1944. ''Bihar'' was a part of the [[Eastern Fleet]], and escorted numerous convoys between [[Africa]], [[British India]] and [[Australia]] in 1944-45.<ref name=nh-1944>{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWD-EF1944-11.htm |title=East Indies Fleet War Diary 1944 |publisher=Naval-history.net |date=1944-12-30 |access-date=2015-08-25}}</ref><ref name=nh-1945>{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWD-EF1945.htm |title=East Indies Fleet War Diary 1945 |publisher=Naval-history.net |access-date=2015-08-25}}</ref> | HMIS ''Bihar'' was ordered in 1940 and built at [[Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers]] in [[Kolkata]], [[India]]. She was commissioned into the RIN in 1944. ''Bihar'' was a part of the [[Eastern Fleet]], and escorted numerous convoys between [[Africa]], [[British India]] and [[Australia]] in 1944-45.<ref name=nh-1944>{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWD-EF1944-11.htm |title=East Indies Fleet War Diary 1944 |publisher=Naval-history.net |date=1944-12-30 |access-date=2015-08-25}}</ref><ref name=nh-1945>{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWD-EF1945.htm |title=East Indies Fleet War Diary 1945 |publisher=Naval-history.net |access-date=2015-08-25}}</ref> | ||
On 15 July 1944, the British merchant ship ''Tanda'' was torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-181}} in the [[Arabian Sea]] at position {{coord|13|22|N|74|09|E|display=inline | On 15 July 1944, the British merchant ship ''Tanda'' was torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-181}} in the [[Arabian Sea]] at position {{coord|13|22|N|74|09|E|display=inline}} northwest of [[Mangalore]]. HMIS ''Bihar'' with {{HMS|Monkshood|K207|6}} rescued 197 surviving crew of the ''Tanda''. She was scrapped in 1949. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
* {{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|editor1-last=Chesneau|editor1-first=Roger|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=Greenwich, UK|year=1980|isbn=0-85177-146-7}} | * {{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|editor1-last=Chesneau|editor1-first=Roger|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=Greenwich, UK|year=1980|isbn=0-85177-146-7}} | ||
*{{ | *{{Cite Colledge2006}} | ||
*{{cite book|last=Lenton|first=H. T.|author-link=Henry Trevor Lenton|title=British & Empire Warships of the Second World War|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1998|isbn=1-55750-048-7}} | *{{cite book|last=Lenton|first=H. T.|author-link=Henry Trevor Lenton|title=British & Empire Warships of the Second World War|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1998|isbn=1-55750-048-7}} | ||
{{Bangor class minesweeper}} | {{Bangor class minesweeper}} | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bihar (J247)}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Bihar (J247)}} | ||
[[Category:Bangor-class minesweepers of the Royal Indian Navy]] | [[Category:Bangor-class minesweepers of the Royal Indian Navy]] | ||
[[Category:1942 ships]] | [[Category:1942 ships]] | ||
[[Category:British ships built in India]] | [[Category:British ships built in India]] | ||
[[Category:World War II minesweepers of India]] | [[Category:World War II minesweepers of India]] | ||