Career (India) | |
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Name: | HMIS Konkan |
Ordered: | 4 February 1941 |
Builder: | Lobnitz & Co. |
Laid down: | 15 August 1941 |
Launched: | 18 February 1942 |
Commissioned: | 12 June 1942 |
Decommissioned: | 1963 |
Fate: | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Bangor-class minesweeper |
Displacement: | 605 tons |
Length: | 162 ft (49.4 m) |
Beam: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
Draught: | 8.25 ft (2.51 m) |
Propulsion: | 2 shafts, 9-cylinder diesel, 2,000 bhp (1,500 kW) |
Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
Complement: | 60 |
Armament: |
HMIS Konkan (J228) was a Bangor class minesweeper which served in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II.[1]
HMIS Konkan was ordered from Lobnitz & Co. originally for the Royal Navy as HMS Tilbury in 1940. However, before she was launched, she was transferred to the Royal Indian Navy and eventually commissioned as Konkan.[2] She served in the RIN during World War II.
HMIS Konkan was a part of the Eastern Fleet, and escorted numerous convoys between Africa, British India and Australia in 1943-45.[3][4]
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