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Appendix 5: Ships of the RIN in 1944

Type Name Class Displacement Speed Armament Completion Date
Sloops (7)

Kistna Cauvery

 Mod. Black Swans 1,375 19½ 6-4” HALA 2 Bofors 1943

Narbada Godavari Sutlej Jumna

 Modified Bittern 1,300 18½ 6-4” HALA 2-2 pdr. 6-4” HALA 1-0.5 M.G. 1943 1941

Hindustan

 .. 1,190 16 2-4” 1-0.5” M.G. 1930
Minesweepers (20)

Punjab

 .. 860-960 16 1-12 pdr. 1942

Madras

 Bathurst 413/939 .. 3 Oerlikons 1942

Bombay

 (Fitted LL & SA, A/S & M/S) 935 .. 3/4 IG or MG 1942

Bengal

 .. .. .. .. 1942

Sind

 .. .. .. .. July 1944

Godwana

 .. .. .. .. Sept. 1944

Assam

 .. .. .. .. Nov. 1944

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Type Name Class Displacement Speed Armament Completion Date

Oudh

 Bangor (A/S/ fitted) 800 16½ 1-22 pdr.

Bihar

 .. .. .. 3 Oerlikons

Orissa

 .. .. .. ..

Khyber

 .. .. .. ..

Kumaon

 .. .. .. .. 1942

Rajputana

 .. .. .. .. 1942

Baluchistan

 .. .. .. .. In Commission

Kathiawar

 .. .. .. .. 1942

Carnatic

 .. .. .. .. 1942

Konkan

 .. .. .. .. 1942

Rohilkhand

 .. .. .. .. 1942

Malwa

 .. .. .. .. July 1944

Deccan

 .. .. .. .. Sept. 1944
A/S-M/S Trawlers

Travancore

 Bassett 700 11-12 1-12 pdr. In Commission
(28)

Agra

 .. .. .. 1 Oerlikon “

Berar

 .. .. .. 2-4 L.G. “

Baraoda

 .. .. .. .. “

Patna

 .. .. .. .. “

Calcutta

 .. .. .. .. “

Lahore

 .. .. .. .. “

Karachi

 .. .. .. .. “

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Type Name Class Displacement Speed Armament Completion Date

Madura

 .. .. .. .. In Commission

Poona

 .. .. .. .. “

Amritsar

 .. .. .. .. “

Shillong

 .. .. .. .. “

Cuttack

 .. .. .. .. “

Lucknow

 .. .. .. End 1943

Peshawar

 .. .. .. .. “

Ahmedabad

 .. .. .. .. “

Nagpur

 .. .. .. .. “

Dacca

 .. .. .. .. Jan-Mar 1944

Chittagong

 .. .. .. .. “

Rampur

 .. .. .. .. “

Sholapur

 .. .. .. .. “

Nasik

 .. .. .. .. “

Multan

 .. .. .. .. “

Bareilly

 .. .. .. .. “

Cochin

 .. .. .. .. “

Quetta

 .. .. .. .. “

Ambala

 .. .. .. .. August 1944

Sialkot

 .. .. .. .. “

Fairmiles
24 in No. 110’ ML 78 15-17 1-3 pdr. 1-2 pdr. 8 complete 16 building

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Type Name Class Displacement Speed Armament Completion Date

HDML
28 in No. 72’ ML 40 11½ 1-2 pdr. 1 Oerlikon 10 complete 18 building

M.M. Sweepers
14 in No. Local 105 10 .. 3 Complete

MTB
40 in No. +6 spare .. .. .. .. 28 in commission remainder due shortly

Irrawadi

 Aux. A/S/ Ship 1,804 12 1-4” 1913

Kalovati

 .. 2,730 12 1-4” I PP 2 Oerlikons 1928

Netravati

 .. 2,500 12 1-4” 2 Oerlikons 1909

Pansy

 .. .. 16 1-4” 2 Oerlikons 1916

St. Anthony

 .. .. 13 1-12 pdr. 2 Oerlikons 1936

Cornwallis

 .. 1,383 12 1-4”, 1-pdr. 1917

Dipavati

 .. 997 17 1-4” 1936

Ramdas

 .. 683 12 1-12 pdr. 1920

Clive

 .. 1748 12 2-4”, 1-2 pdr. 2 Oerlikons 1920

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Type Name Class Displacement Speed Armament Completion Date

Investigator

 Aux. A/S/ Ship 1,572 12 1-2 pdr. 1924

Hirawati

 “ 975 14 1-4” 1930

Ratnagiri

 “ .. 12 1-12 pdr. 1935

Sonavati

 “ 2,600 12 1-4” 2 Oerlikons 1-2 pdr. 1936

Lawrence

 “ 1,210 12 2-4” 1919

Rukmavati

 Aux. Patrol Vessel 145 10 1-12 pdr. 1904

Badora

 “ .. 7 1-12 pdr. 1914

Ganga

 “ .. 8 1-3 pdr. 1931

Nautilus

 “ .. 8 1-12 pdr. 1912

Hira

 “ ex-Persian Gunboats Very small

Lal

 “ “ “

Moti

 “ “ “

Nilam

 “ “ “

Kutubtari

 “ .. 9 1-12 pdr. 1915

Laxmi

 “ .. 9 1-12 pdr. 1918

Lilavati

 “ 600 12 1-12 pdr. 1911

Satyavati

 “ 600 11 1-12 pdr. 1911

Tanjore

 “ 736 11 1-12 pdr. 1 Oerlikon 1941

Sita

 “ .. 8 1-3 pdr. 1928

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Type Name Class Displacement Speed Armament Completion Date

Baracuda

 Coastal Force Base Ship .. .. .. ..

Blinjoe

 “ 2,600 10 1-4” 3 Oerlikons 1930

Bhadravati

 Salvage Ship 2,067 11 1-4” 1932

Chinthe

 “ .. .. .. ..