HMIS Punjab (J239) was a Bathurst-class minesweeper which served in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II.[1]
History | |
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India | |
Name | Punjab |
Ordered | 24 January 1941 |
Builder | Mort's Dock |
Laid down | 26 May 1941 |
Launched | 10 October 1941 |
Commissioned | 20 March 1942 |
Out of service | 1949 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Bathurst-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 1,025 tons (full war load) |
Length | 186 ft (57 m) |
Beam | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
Draught | 8.5 ft (2.6 m) |
Propulsion | Triple expansion, 2 shafts. 2,000 hp (1,500 kW) |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 85 |
Sensors and processing systems | Type 128 asdic |
Armament | 1 × 12-pounder gun or 1 × 4 inchgun, 1 × 40 mm Bofors gun, 2-3 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns, up to 40 depth charges |
History
editHMIS Punjab was ordered in 1941, and built by Mort's Dock. She was commissioned in 1942, into the Eastern Fleet. She escorted a number of convoys until the end of the war.[2][3][4][5]
In July 1945, in support of the planned Allied amphibious landings in Malaya, Punjab with other RIN and Royal Navy vessels conducted minesweeping operations off Phuket.[6]
After the independence of India and the subsequent partition, she was among the vessels transferred to Pakistan.
Notes
edit- ^ "HMIS Punjab (J 239) of the Royal Indian Navy - Indian Minesweeper of the Bathurst class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net".
- ^ "Eastern Fleet, Admiralty War Diary 1942".
- ^ "Eastern Fleet War Diary 1943".
- ^ "East Indies Fleet War Diary 1944".
- ^ "East Indies Fleet War Diary 1945".
- ^ "HMS Squirrel, minesweeper".
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