HMIS Konkan (J228)

Career (India)
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]

History

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.

Operations in 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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