HMIS Godavari
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For other ships with the same name, see INS Godavari.
HMIS Godavari (U 52) was a Black Swan-class sloop which served in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II.
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HMIS GODAVARI launched at Southampton by Mrs Lall, the wife of the Deputy High Commissioner for India | |
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Name | Godavari |
Namesake | Godavari River |
Ordered | 29 August 1940 |
Builder | Thornycroft |
Yard number | Yard 1386 |
Laid down | 30 August 1941 |
Launched | 21 March 1943 |
Commissioned | 28 June 1943 |
Out of service | 1948 |
Honours and awards | Burma, 1945 |
Fate | Transferred to Pakistan, scrapped 1959 |
Badge | Map of India and the Indian Ocean with a border of lotus; sea Blue, British territory Gold and Lotus proper |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Black Swan-class sloop |
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Length | 299 ft 6 in (91.29 m) |
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Draught | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
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Range | 7,500 nmi (13,900 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) |
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Godavari was transferred to Pakistan in 1948 after the Partition of India and eventually renamed PNS Sind.