HMIS Lawrence
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HMIS Lawrence (L83) was a sloop, commissioned in 1919 into the Royal Indian Marine (RIM).[1][2]
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Name | Lawrence |
Builder | William Beardmore and Company |
Launched | 30 July 1919 |
Commissioned | 27 December 1919 |
Decommissioned | 1947 |
Fate | Scrapped 1947 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Displacement | 1,225 long tons (1,245 t) standard |
Length | |
Beam | 34 ft (10 m) |
Draught | 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) |
Installed power | 1,900 shp (1,400 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
Complement | 97 |
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She served during World War II in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN), the successor to the RIM. Her pennant number was changed to U83 in 1940. Although originally built as a minesweeper, she was primarily used as a convoy escort during the war. She was scrapped soon after the end of the war.