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Indus

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Indus (RIM)	L67 - U67	592	Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn	1933	24.8.1934	3.1935	sunk 6.4.1942

Technical data

Max speed, kts, kn	16.25
Displacement standard, t	1190
Displacement full, t
Length, m	90.3
Breadth, m	10.8
Draught, m	3.28 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 341
Endurance, nm(kts)	5350(15)
Armament	2 x 1 - 120/45 QF Mk IX, 4 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 1 x 4 - 12.7/62, mechanical minesweeping gear, 2 DCT, 1 DCR (15)
Electronic equipment	type 124 sonar
Complement	119

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Project history

Repetition of Hindustan but with 120mm main guns. Sloop was arranged for service in tropics. Hull breadth was increased for preservation of stability because of the increased weight of armament.

Modernizations

1940-1941: - 4 x 1 - 47/40; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 4 - 12.7/62

Naval service

Indus was bombed by Japanese carrier aircraft 6.4.1942 in Indian Ocean.

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