HMIS Kumaon (J164)

Career (India)
Name: HMIS Kumaon
Ordered: 20 December 1939
Builder: William Hamilton and Company
Laid down: 12 December 1940
Launched: 2 May 1942
Commissioned: 30 November 1942
Decommissioned: 1949
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 Kumaon (J164) was a Bangor class minesweeper which served in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II.[1]

History

HMIS Kumaon was ordered from the William Hamilton and Company originally for the Royal Navy as HMS Middlesbrough in 1939. However, before she was launched, she was transferred to the Royal Indian Navy and eventually commissioned as Kumaon.[2] She served in the RIN during World War II.

Operations in World War II

Kathiawar was a part of the Eastern Fleet, and escorted numerous convoys between Africa, British India and Australia in 1943-45.[3][4][5]

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