HMIS Madras (J237)

HMIS Madras (J237) was a Bathurst class minesweeper that served in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Madras.

History
India
Name: Madras
Ordered: 24 September 1940
Builder: Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company
Laid down: 4 August 1941
Launched: 17 February 1942
Commissioned: 12 May 1942
Decommissioned: 1960
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
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

HMIS Madras was ordered in 1940, and built at Cockatoo Docks in Australia. 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]

Notes
  1. "HMIS Madras (J 237) of the Royal Indian Navy - Indian Minesweeper of the Bathurst class - Allied Warships of WWII". uboat.net. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  2. "Eastern Fleet, Admiralty War Diary 1942". Naval-history.net. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  3. "Eastern Fleet War Diary 1943". Naval-history.net. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  4. "East Indies Fleet War Diary 1944". Naval-history.net. 30 December 1944. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  5. "East Indies Fleet War Diary 1945". Naval-history.net. Retrieved 11 June 2014.

See also
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