HMIS Punjab (J239)
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| History |
 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 |
| 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 |
HMIS Punjab (J239) was a Bathurst class minesweeper which served in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II.[1]
History
HMIS 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.
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