HMIS Madras (J237)

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

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

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 2014-06-11.
2. "Eastern Fleet, Admiralty War Diary 1942". Naval-history.net. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
3. "Eastern Fleet War Diary 1943". Naval-history.net. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
4. "East Indies Fleet War Diary 1944". Naval-history.net. 1944-12-30. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
5. "East Indies Fleet War Diary 1945". Naval-history.net. Retrieved 2014-06-11.