HMIS Bihar (J247)
| Career (India) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Bihar |
| Ordered: | 14 October 1940 |
| Builder: | Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers |
| Laid down: | 7 June 1941 |
| Launched: | 7 July 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 27 February 1944 |
| 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: | 1 × QF 12-pounder 3 in (76.2 mm) gun 1 × quadruple 0.5 in (12.7 mm) Vickers machine gun Mark III |
HMIS Bihar (J199) was a Bangor-class minesweeper built in India which served in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II.[1]
History
HMIS Bihar was ordered in 1940 and built at Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers in Kolkata, India. She was commissioned into the RIN in 1944.[1] She served in World War II, and was scrapped in 1949.
Operations in World War II
Bihar was a part of the Eastern Fleet, and escorted numerous convoys between Africa, British India and Australia in 1944-45.[2][3]
On 15 July 1944, the British merchant ship Tanda was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-181 in the Arabian Sea at position 13°22′N 74°09′E / 13.367°N 74.150°ECoordinates: 13°22′N 74°09′E / 13.367°N 74.150°E northwest of Mangalore. HMIS Bihar with HMS Monkshood rescued 197 surviving crew of the Tanda.
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