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  Amritsar 1946

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Agra	T254		Hooghlie, Calcutta	11.1940	18.3.1942	4.1942	sold 1946
Ahmedabad	T264		Burn, Calcutta	6.1941	28.10.1943	4.1944	sold 1947
Allahabad			Hooghlie, Calcutta		---	---	cancelled 3.1945
Ambala			Alcock Ashdown, Karachi		---	---	cancelled 3.1945
Amritsar	T261		Garden Reach, Ranchi	8.1941	19.12.1941	11.1942	sold 1950
Bareilly			Shalimar, Calcutta		---	---	cancelled 3.1945
Barisal (ex-Sholapur)			Burn, Calcutta		---	---	cancelled 3.1945
Baroda	T249		Shalimar, Calcutta	10.1940	22.10.1941	12.1942	to Pakistan 1948 (بہاولپور [Bahawalpur])
Bannu			Shalimar, Calcutta		---	---	cancelled 3.1945
Bay Innaung (Burma govt.)			Irrawadi Flotilla Co, Rangoon, Burma	8.1941	---	---	destroyed on stocks 3.1942
Benares			Hooghlie, Calcutta		---	---	cancelled 3.1945
Berar	T256		Hooghlie, Calcutta	12.1940	31.7.1942	10.1942	sold 1947
Calcutta	T339		Hooghlie, Calcutta	1.1941	8.3.1943	8.1943	sold 1947
Cawnpore			Burn, Calcutta		---	---	cancelled 3.1945
Chittagong			Burn, Calcutta		---	---	cancelled 3.1945
Cochin (ex-Multan)	T315		Burn, Calcutta	1.1943	29.12.1943	4.1946	sold 1950
Cochrane (Burma govt.)			Irrawadi Flotilla Co., Rangoon	8.1941	---	---	destroyed on stocks 3.1942
Cuttack	T251		Burn, Calcutta	7.1941	16.6.1943	8.1943	sold 1946
Dacca			Burn, Calcutta		---	---	cancelled 1945
Dinapore			Alcock Ashdown, Karachi		---	---	cancelled 3.1945
Elara (Ceylon Govt.)			Irrawadi Flotilla Co., Rangoon, Burma	12.1941	---	---	destroyed on stocks 3.1942
Gaya			Burn, Calcutta		---	---	cancelled 10.1944
Gemunu (Ceylon govt.)			Irrawadi Flotilla Co., Rangoon, Burma	8.1941	---	---	destroyed on stocks 3.1942
Karachi	T262		Alcock Ashdown, Karachi	3.1941	1.12.1941	12.1942	sold 1946
Kiamari			Scindia		---	---	cancelled 1945
Kolaba (ex-Cochin)			Alcock Ashdown, Karachi		---	---	cancelled 3.1945
Lahore	T253		Shalimar, Calcutta	11.1940	20.12.1941	11.1942	sold 1946
Lucknow	T267		Alcock Ashdown, Karachi	4.1941	3.4.1942	4.1946	sold 1946
Madura	T268		Garden Reach, Ranchi	6.1941	22.12.1942	5.1943	sold 1946
Mongyr			Alcock Ashdown, Karachi		---	---	cancelled 12.1944
Multan (ex-Cochin, ex-Kolaba)			Scindia	1.1943	23.5.1944	4.1946	sold 1946
Nagpur			Burn, Calcutta		11.3.1944	---	sold incomplete
Nasik	T258		Shalimar, Calcutta		24.5.1944	1.1945	sold 1950
Pachmari			Burn, Calcutta		---	---	cancelled 1944
Patna	T255		Hooghlie, Calcutta	1.1941	1.9.1942	1.1943	sold 1946
Peshawar			Alcock Ashdown, Karachi		2.5.1942	---	sold incomplete
Poona	T260		Garden Reach, Ranchi	6.1941	2.4.1942	12.1942	sold 1946
Puri			Alcock Ashdown, Karachi		---	---	cancelled 1945
Quetta (ex-Jubbalpore)			Alcock Asdown, Karachi		---	---	cancelled 1.1945
Rampur (ex-Barisal)	T12		Burn, Calcutta	7.1941	19.7.1941	10.1945	to Pakistan 1948 (لاہور [Lahore])
Shillong			Burn, Calcutta	6.1941	22.9.1942	3.1943	sold 1946
Sialkot			Alcock Asdown, Karachi	2.1944	---	---	cancelled 1945
Sylhet			Scindia		---	---	cancelled 12.1944
Travancore	T312		Garden Reach, Ranchi	11.1940	7.7.1941	1.1942	sold 1.1947
Trichinopoly			Burn, Calcutta		---	---	cancelled 10.1944
Vizagapatam			Burn, Calcutta		---	---	cancelled 10.1944

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	521 - 560
Displacement full, t	725 - 775
Length, m	48.9 - 50.0
Breadth, m	8.25 - 8.43
Draught, m	3.23 - 3.40 deep load
No of shafts	1
Machinery	VTE, 1 cylindrical boiler
Power, h. p.	850 - 950
Max speed, kts	12.5 - 13
Fuel, t	coal 180 - 196 Mastiff: oil 129
Armament	ships completed 1941 - 1942: 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II/V, 3 x 1 - 7.7/87, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (4), mechanical minesweeping gear ships completed 1943 - 1945: 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II/V, (1 - 3) x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (25), mechanical minesweeping gear 1946: 1 x 1 - 76/40 HA/LA Mk IX, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (25), mechanical minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	commissioned 1942-1943: type 286PU (some) radar commissioned 1943-1946: type 271 (some), type 290 (some) radars
Complement	33 Indian-built: 48

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Project history

Minesweeping trawlers. Basset class.

Modernizations

1942 - 1944, all survived early ships: - 3 x 1 - 7.7/87; + (1 - 3) x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, DC stowage rose up to 25.

Naval service

No significant events.