NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Tamar (ex-Aire)	K262		Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley, UK	6.1942	22.4.1943	7.1943 // 3.1946	to United Kingdom 12.1946 (Aire)
Tir (तीर) (ex-Bann)	K256, 1951- F256		Hill, Bristol, UK	6/1942	29.12.1942	5.1943 // 12.1945	stricken 9.1977
Dhanush (ex-Deveron)	K265		Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK	4/1942	12.10.1942	3.1943 // 12.1945	to Pakistan 10.1948 (ذولفقار [Zulfiquar])
Shamsher (ex-Nadder)	K392		Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK	3/1943	15.9.1943	1.1944 // 12.1945	to Pakistan 10.1948 (شمشیر [Shamsher])
Neza (ex-Test)	K239		Hall Russell, Aberdeen, UK	8/1941	30.5.1942	10.1942 // 5.1946	to United Kingdom 4.1947 (Test)
Kukri (खुकुरी) (ex-Trent), 1948 - Khukri (खुकुरी)	K243, 1951- F149		Hill, Bristol, UK	1/1942	10.10.1942	2.1943 // 4.1946	survey vessel Investigator 1951

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1310 - 1460
Displacement full, t	1920 - 2180
Length, m	86.3 pp 91.8 oa
Breadth, m	11.2
Draught, m	3.61 - 3.89 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	5500
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	Tir, Neza, Kukri: oil 440 Tamar, Dhanush, Shamsher: oil 646
Armament	Dhanush, Shamsher: 2 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk XIX, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (150) Tir: 2 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk XIX, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Bofors Mk III, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (150) Tamar, Neza, Kukri: 2 x 1 - 102/40 CP Mk XXIII, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (150)
Electronic equipment	type 271 or type 272, type 291 or type 277 radars, type 144 sonar
Complement	140

Standard scale images

Naval service

Tir served as TS from 1948.