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Hindustan 1930

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Hindustan (RIM)	L80 - U80	1413	Swan Hunter, Wallsend	9.1929	12.5.1930	10.1930	to Pakistan 10.1947 or 1948, never commissioned, BU 1951

Technical data

Max speed, kts, kn	16.25
Displacement standard, t	1190
Displacement full, t
Length, m	90.3
Breadth, m	10.7
Draught, m	3.33 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	2000
Fuel, t	oil 320
Armament	2 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, 4 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, mechanical minesweeping gear, 1 DCR (15)
Complement	119

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Project history

The oblong version  of Hastings class, built for RIM. Ship was equipped for service in tropics.

Modernizations

1940: + 1 x 4 - 12.7/62, 2 DCT, DC stowage was increased up to 40, type 121 or type 124 sonar

1942: - 4 x 1 - 47/40; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.