HMIS Assam (K306)
Modified Flower-class corvette / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMIS Assam was a World War II Flower-class corvette of the Royal Indian Navy. She was originally ordered for and commissioned as HMS Bugloss of the Royal Navy, but transferred to the Royal Indian Navy immediately upon commissioning.[1] She was transferred back to the Royal Navy in 1947 and subsequently scrapped.
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Bugloss |
Ordered | 15 May 1942 |
Builder | John Crown & Sons Ltd |
Laid down | 26 November 1942 |
Launched | 21 June 1943 |
Commissioned | 19 February 1945 |
Fate | Scrapped |
India | |
Name | Assam |
Acquired | 19 February 1945 |
Commissioned | 19 February 1945 |
Out of service | 1947 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Flower-class corvette (modified) |
Displacement | 1,015 long tons (1,031 t; 1,137 short tons) |
Length | 208 ft (63.40 m)o/a |
Beam | 33 ft (10.06 m) |
Draught | 11 ft (3.35 m) |
Propulsion | single shaft, 2× oil fired water tube boilers, 1 triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine, 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW) |
Speed | 16 knots (29.6 km/h) |
Range | 3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) |
Complement | 90 |
Sensors and processing systems | One Type 271 SW2C radar, one Type 144 sonar |
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