Name Madras Laid down 4 August 1941 Decommissioned 1960 Launched 17 February 1942 Draft 2.59 m | Ordered 24 September 1940 Commissioned 12 May 1942 Construction started 4 August 1941 Length 57 m | |
Builder Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company | ||
HMIS Madras (J237) was a Bathurst class minesweeper which served in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II.
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.
References
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