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HMIS Hindustan
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HMIS Hindustan (L80) was a Folkestone-class (also known as Hastings class) sloop which served in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II. Her pennant number was changed to U80 in 1940.
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Name | Hindustan |
Ordered | 15 April 1929[citation needed] |
Builder | Swan Hunter |
Laid down | 4 September 1929 |
Launched | 12 May 1930 |
Commissioned | 10 October 1930 |
Decommissioned | 1948 |
Fate | Transferred to Pakistan, 1948 |
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Name | Karsaz |
Acquired | 1948 |
Decommissioned | 1960 |
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Class and type | Folkestone-class sloop |
Displacement | 1,190 long tons (1,210 t) |
Length | 296 ft (90.2208 m) oa |
Beam | 35 ft (10.67 m) |
Draught | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
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Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Complement | 119 |
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Hindustan was transferred to Pakistan in 1948 after the independence, and eventually renamed PNS Karsaz. She was decommissioned from the Pakistan Navy in 1960.[1]