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'''HMIS ''Baluchistan'' (J182)''' was a {{sclass | '''HMIS ''Baluchistan'' (J182)''' was a {{sclass|Bangor|minesweeper}} built for the [[Royal Navy]], but transferred to the [[Royal Indian Navy]] (RIN) during the Second World War. | ||
==Design and description== | ==Design and description== | ||
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==Construction and career== | ==Construction and career== | ||
HMIS ''Baluchistan'' was originally ordered from the [[Blyth Shipbuilding Company]] for the [[Royal Navy]] as | HMIS ''Baluchistan'' was originally ordered from the [[Blyth Shipbuilding Company]] for the [[Royal Navy]] as HMS ''Greenock'' in 1939. However, before she was launched, she was transferred to the Royal Indian Navy and eventually commissioned as ''Baluchistan''.<ref name=u-greenock>{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3174.html |title=HMS Greenock (J 182) of the Royal Navy - British Minesweeper of the Bangor class - Allied Warships of WWII |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2015-08-25}}</ref> She served in the RIN during World War II. ''Baluchistan'' was a part of the [[Eastern Fleet]], and escorted numerous convoys between [[Africa]], [[British India]] and [[Australia]] in 1943-45.<ref name=nh-1943>{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWD-EF1943b.htm |title=Eastern Fleet War Diary 1943 |publisher=Naval-history.net |access-date=2015-08-25}}</ref><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> | ||
After the [[Partition of India|independence]], she was among the vessels transferred to Pakistan, where she was renamed PNS ''[[Baluchistan]]''. | After the [[Partition of India|independence]], she was among the vessels transferred to Pakistan, where she was renamed PNS ''[[Baluchistan]]''. | ||
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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}} | ||
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