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'''HMIS ''Lawrence'' (L83)''' was a [[sloop]], commissioned in 1919 into the [[Royal Indian Marine]] (RIM).<ref name="JFS31 p96"/><ref name=ub-lawrence>http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3876.html</ref> | '''HMIS ''Lawrence'' (L83)''' was a [[sloop of war|sloop]], commissioned in 1919 into the [[Royal Indian Marine]] (RIM).<ref name="JFS31 p96"/><ref name=ub-lawrence>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3876.html|title=HMIS Lawrence (L 83 / U 83) of the Royal Indian Navy - Indian Sloop of the 24 class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net}}</ref> | ||
She served during [[World War II]] in the [[Royal Indian Navy]] (RIN), the successor to the RIM. Her [[pennant number]] was changed to '''U83''' in 1940. Although originally built as a minesweeper, she was primarily used as a convoy escort during the war. She was scrapped soon after the end of the war. | She served during [[World War II]] in the [[Royal Indian Navy]] (RIN), the successor to the RIM. Her [[pennant number]] was changed to '''U83''' in 1940. Although originally built as a minesweeper, she was primarily used as a convoy escort during the war. She was scrapped soon after the end of the war. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
HMIS ''Lawrence'' was ordered under the Emergency War Programme of the [[World War I|First World War]],{{Citation needed|date=August | HMIS ''Lawrence'' was ordered under the Emergency War Programme of the [[World War I|First World War]],{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} being launched at [[William Beardmore and Company]] on 30 July 1919 and completed on 27 December 1919.<ref name="JFS31 p96"/> In the immediate post-war years, ''Lawrence'' was used by the Royal Indian Marine for servicing buoys and lighthouses and as a transport for high officials in the [[Persian Gulf]].<ref name="RIN p6-7">Collins 1964, pp. 6–7.</ref> | ||
In 1925 while conducting anti-slavery patrols the ship conducted a bombardment of [[Fujairah Fort]], destroying three of the forts towers.<ref>Zahlan, Rosemarie Said (2016-03-22). The origins of the United Arab Emirates : a political and social history of the Trucial States. London. p. 165. ISBN 9781317244653. OCLC 945874284.</ref> | |||
On the outbreak of the Second World War, the ''Lawrence'', whose armament had been increased by the addition of four [[3-pounder gun]]s and a second 2-pounder pom-pom,<ref name="RIN p13">Collins 1964, p. 13.</ref> deployed to [[Masirah Island]] off the coast of [[Oman]] where it was used to carry out patrols,<ref name="RIN p33">Collins 1964, p. 33.</ref> taking part in the unsuccessful search for the missing airliner [[Handley Page H.P.42#G-AAGX Hannibal|Hannibal]] in March 1940.<ref name="RIN p36">Collins 1964, p. 36.</ref> | |||
In late 1944 ''Lawrence'' was assigned to HMIS ''Himalaya'', the Gunnery school in [[Karachi]] as a Gunnery School Firing Ship,<ref name="RIN p128">Collins 1964, p. 128.</ref> and joined the Bombay training squadron in November 1945.<ref name="RIN p144">Collins 1964, p.144.</ref> | Immediately prior to the outbreak of the [[Anglo-Iraqi War]], ''Lawrence'' helped to cover the landing of the [[20th Indian Infantry Brigade]] at Basra on 18 April 1941.<ref name="RIN p71-2">Collins 1964, pp. 71–72.</ref> When Britain and the Soviet Union [[Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran|invaded Iran]] in August 1941, ''Lawrence'' took part in the attack on [[Abadan, Iran|Abadan]] on 25 August 1941, boarding and capturing the Iranian gunboats ''Karkas'' and ''Shahbaaz'' and two Italian merchant ships.<ref name="RIN p78-82,88-2">Collins 1964, pp. 78–82, 88–92.</ref> | ||
In late 1944 ''Lawrence'' was assigned to HMIS ''Himalaya'', the Gunnery school in [[Karachi]] as a Gunnery School Firing Ship,<ref name="RIN p128">Collins 1964, p. 128.</ref> and joined the Bombay training squadron in November 1945.<ref name="RIN p144">Collins 1964, p. 144.</ref> | |||
''Lawrence'' was decommissioned and scrapped in 1947, two years after the end of the war. | ''Lawrence'' was decommissioned and scrapped in 1947, two years after the end of the war. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
{{reflist | {{reflist}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
*Collins, J.T.E. [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/RIN/index.html ''The Royal Indian Navy, 1939–1945]''. Official History of the Indian Armed Forces | *Collins, J.T.E. [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/RIN/index.html ''The Royal Indian Navy, 1939–1945]''. Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War. New Delhi: Combined Inter-Services Historical Section (India & Pakistan), 1964. | ||
*Parkes, Oscar. ''Jane's Fighting Ships 1931''. Newton Abbot, Devon, UK:Davis & Charles Reprints, 1931 (1973 reprint). {{ISBN|0-7153-5849-9}}. | *Parkes, Oscar. ''Jane's Fighting Ships 1931''. Newton Abbot, Devon, UK:Davis & Charles Reprints, 1931 (1973 reprint). {{ISBN|0-7153-5849-9}}. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.naval-history.net/xDKEscorts18Sl-allclasses1.htm British Escort Movements WW2 -Sloop-classes: Part 1 of 6] | *[http://www.naval-history.net/xDKEscorts18Sl-allclasses1.htm British Escort Movements WW2 -Sloop-classes: Part 1 of 6] | ||
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