| Career | Indian Navy |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | Folkestone class sloop |
| Name: | HMIS Hindustan |
| Ordered: | 15 April 1929 |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter |
| Laid down: | 4 September 1929 |
| Launched: | 12 May 1930 |
| Commissioned: | 10 October 1930 |
| Out of service: | 1948 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Pakistan |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,045 tons |
| Length: | 250 ft (76 m) |
| Beam: | 34 ft (10 m) |
| Propulsion: | Geared turbines, 2 shaft |
| Speed: | 16 knots at 2,000 hp |
| Complement: | 100 men |
| Armament: | 2 × 4" BL Mk IX guns 4 × 4.5" AA guns |
| Honours and awards: | Atlantic (1940-43) Biscay (1943) |
HMIS Hindustan (L80) was a Folkestone class (also known as Hastings class) sloop which served in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II. Her pennant number was changed to U80 in 1940.
Hindustan was transferred to Pakistan in 1948 after the partition of India, and eventually renamed PNS Karsaz. She was decommissioned from the Pakistan Navy in 1960.[1]
HMIS Hindustan was ordered in 1929, and built by Swan Hunter. She was commissioned into the Royal Indian Navy in 1930.
During World War II, she was a part of the Eastern Fleet. She escorted numerous convoys in the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf between 1942-45.[2][3] She also supported various amphibious landings of the British Indian Army and the British Army in Burma, Malaya, etc.
In April 1945, with HMIS Narbada (U40), HMIS Cauvery (U10), HMIS Sutlej (U95) and HMIS Kistna (U46), Hindustan supported the amphibious landings of the Indian and British Armies in Rangoon, as a part of Operation Dracula.[4]
As a result of the partition of India at the time of independence, Hindustan was among the vessels transferred to the Royal Pakistan Navy in 1948.
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