Royal Indian Navy 1939-1945: Appendix 11: Training Establishments and Major Works Projects (1944) of the RIN

Appendix 11: Training Establishments and Major Works Projects (1944) of the RIN

No.	Name	Function	Location	Details of training carried	Accommodation	Cost in lakhs of rupees
1.	HMIS Himalaya	Gunnery School	Karachi	Long and short “G” courses. Ratings non-substantive courses. Administered HMIS Lawrence (Gunnery firing ship).	Officers – 66 Warrant Officers – 8 Ratings – 570	42.00
2.	HMIS Bahadur	Boys Training Establishment	Karachi	18 months’ New Entry Trianing for Boys including sea training in HMIS Investigator.	Officer – 14 Warrant Officers – 28 Ratings – 733	6.50
3.	HMIS Dilawar	Tender to HMIS Bahadur	Karachi	New Entry Boys spent six months here before going to HMIS Bahadur.	Officer – 8 Warrant Officers – 7 Ratings – 370
@4.	HMIS Chamak	Radar School	Karachi	Officers and Ratings courses. Administered HMIS Madras (radar training ship).		12.35

No.	Name	Function	Location	Details of training carried	Accommodation	Cost in lakhs of rupees
@5.	HMIS Valsura	TorpedoSchool	Jamnagar	OfficersandRatingscourses in torpedoes and electrics	Officers – 33 Warrant Officers – 3 Ratings – 288	15.0
@6.	–	P. and R.T. School	Karachi. Attached to HMIS Bahadur. It was intended to constructg a separate P. and R.T. School at Karachi.	Officers and Ratings Courses.		new construction not commenced
@7.	HMIS Talwar	Communications School	Bombay	Long and short “C” courses for Officers and Ratings and WRINS. Trained communications ratings for the Royal Navy.	Officers – 160	9.00

No.	Name	Function	Location	Details of training carried	Accommodation	Costin lakhsof rupees
@8.	HMIS Akbar	New Entry Ratings Training Establishment	Kolshet, near Bombay	Six months’ New Entry Training (including sea training Disciplinary course for candidates for temporary RINVR commissions (full course for 12 weeks for Executive candidates). Disciplinary courses for Chief Petty Officer Schoolmaster. Royal Indian Navy Cookery School in HMIS Akbar.	Officers – 87 WarrantOfficers – 20 Ratings – 3,480	48.00
9.	–	Anti-Gas School	HMIS Akbar Kolshet	Officers and Ratings	–	0.007
@10.	HMIS Dalhousie	Royal Indian Navy Depot	Bombay	Administered Fire Fighting and Damage Control schools. Trained Officers and Ratings in Regulating Branch duties.	–	–
@11.	HMIS Feroze	Officers Training Establishment	Bombay	Divisional Seamanship and Navigation WRINS Officers Divisional course.	Officers – 220 Ratings – 200	1.00

No.	Name	Function	Location	Details of training carried	Accommodation	Cost in lakhs of rupees
12.	HMIS Machlimar	Anti-Submarine School	Versova, near Bombay	Officers and Ratings Anti-Submarine and Harbour Defence courses. Trains Anti-Submarine Ratings for the Royal Navy.	Officers – 68 Ratings – 337	9.00
13.	Fort Barracks	Hostilities Only Ratings Barracks	Bombay	Supply and Secretariat Training	–	Existing
14.	–	Dockyard Expansion	Bombay Dockyard	–	–	32.30
15.	–	Detention Barracks	Elephanta Island, Bombay	–	Officers – 6	1.30
16.	–	Loop Defences	Bombay	–	–	8.50
17.	–	Royal Indian Navy Hospital	Sewri, Bombay	–	Officers, Matron and Sisters – 17	4.00
18.	–	Sick Berth Attendants; Training Establishment	Royal Indian Navy Hospital, Sewri, Bombay	New Entry Training partly carried out at Sewri and partly at Castle Barracks.	Under construction

No.	Name	Function	Location	Details of training carried	Accommodation	Cost in lakhs of rupees
@19.	–	Fire Fighting and Damage Control Schools	Bombay	OfficersandRatingscourses.	–	1.00
@20.	–	Tactical Training unit	Bombay	Short courses for officers in Anti-Submarine Tactics.	Existing	0.10
21.	–	Naval Air Operations Room	Bombay	–	–	4.00
22.	MarbleHall	WRINS Hostel	Bombay	–	Officers – 40 WRINS – 150	.066
23.	HMIS Hamla	Landing Craft Wing Depot	Versova, near Bombay (in process of being transferred to Karachi)	–	Officers – 160 Ratings – 1,600	6.00
*24.	HMIS Hamlawar	Combined Training Centre	Marve, near Bombay	–	Officers – 125 Ratings – 1,000	Cost met from Army funds
*25.	–	Landing Craft Base	Sassoon dock, Bombay	–	Ratings – 750	15.50

No.	Name	Function	Location	Details of training carried	Accommodation	Cost in lakhs of rupees
*26.	HMIS Cheetah I	Coastal Craft Base	Trombay	–	Officers – 48 Ratings – 132	34.00
*27.	HMIS Cheetah II	Torpedo Depot Workshop and Storage Depot	Trombay	–	Officers – 5 Ratings – 150	13.50
@28.	HMIS Shivaji	Mechanical Training Establishment	Lonavla	Engine Room Artificers, Technical training of candidates for Temporary RINVR Commissions.	Officers – 54 Ratings – 1.042	25.00
29.	–	Royal Indian Navy School of Photography	Lonavla	Ratings as Photographers.	Construction not commenced	0.50
@30.	HMIS Jahanara	WRINS New Entry Establishment	Ahmednagar	New Entry courses for WRINS.		Cost met from Army funds
31.		Coastal Forces Re-fueling Bases	Deogarh Karwar Mangalore	–	–	6.00
32.	HMIS Venduruthy	Naval Base	Cochine	–	Officers – 36 Ratings – 320	28.00

No.	Name	Function	Location	Details of training carried	Accommodation	Cost in lakhs of rupees
*33.	–	Royal Indian Navy Landing Craft Base	Cochin	–	Officers – 135 Ratings – 1,000	13.21
*34.	HMIS Hamla	Landing Craft Training School	Mandapam	–	Officers – 225 Ratings – 3,928	21.58
*35.	HMIS Hilsa	Coastal Craft Base	Mandapam	–	Officers – 34 Ratings – 202	15.54
36.	HMIS Adyar	Naval Base	Madras	–	Officers – 48 Ratings – 714	18.00
37.	HMIS Jehangir	Combined Training Centre (Naval Wing)	Cocanada	–	Officers – 100 Ratings – 1,000	Cost met from Army funds
38.	HMIS Circars	Naval Base, Naval Air Operation Room	Vizagapatam	–	Officers – 125 Ratings – 1,364	52.82
39.	–	De-gaussing Range	Vizagapatam	–	–	1.30
40.	HMIS Hooghly	Gunnery Training Establishment and Barracks	Calcutta	Gunnery	Ratings – 400	10.00

No.	Name	Function	Location	Details of training carried	Accommodation	Cost in lakhs of rupees
41.	–	Officers’ Mess	Calcutta (a) at junction of Circular Road and Lord Sinha Road (b) at behala	–	Officers – 183	4.50
@42.	HMIS Nalini	WRINS New Entry Establishment	Calcutta	New Entry courses for WRINS.	–	Cost met from Army funds
43.	–	Civnaval Training Centre	Pilani, Jaipur State	Pre-entry Naval Training for Artificers.	Ratings – 300	Existing
44.	HMIS Sita	Rest Camp and Holding Depot for personnel of HMI Ships operating from bases in Ceylon	Moratuwa, within easy reach of Colombo	–	–	–

No.	Name	Function	Location	Details of training carried	Accommodation	Cost in lakhs of rupees
45.	HMIS Patunga	Advance Base for Coastal Forces	Chittagong	–	–	–

Establishments marked thus “*” were later transferred to the Royal Navy. Establishments marked thus “@” trained officers as well.