HMIS Tir

For other ships with the same name, see INS Tir and HMS Bann.

HMIS Tir was a River-class frigate of the Royal Indian Navy (RIN). She was acquired from the Royal Navy where she served as HMS Bann during World War II. She was commissioned into the RIN in December 1945.

File:HMS Bann
History
United Kingdom
Name	Bann
Namesake	River Bann
Builder	Charles Hill & Sons
Laid down	18 June 1942
Launched	29 December 1942
Commissioned	7 May 1943
Decommissioned	3 December 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K256
Fate	Transferred to the Royal Indian Navy
India
Name	Tir (later, INS Tir)
Namesake	Hindi तीर, "arrow"[1]
Acquired	3 December 1945
Decommissioned	30 September 1977
Identification	Pennant number: K256
Fate	Scrapped 1979
General characteristics
Class and type	River-class frigate
Displacement	1,370 long tons (1,390 t; 1,530 short tons) 1,830 long tons (1,860 t; 2,050 short tons) (deep load)
Length	283 ft (86.26 m) p/p 301.25 ft (91.82 m)o/a
Beam	36.5 ft (11.13 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Speed	20 knots (37.0 km/h) 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h) (turbine ships)
Range	440 long tons (450 t; 490 short tons) oil fuel; 7,200 nautical miles (13,334 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement	107
Armament	2 × QF 4 in (102 mm) /40 Mk.XIX, single mounts CP Mk.XXIII up to 10 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on twin mounts Mk.V and single mounts Mk.III 1 × Hedgehog 24 spigot A/S projector up to 150 depth charges

She was converted into a midshipman's training ship in Bombay in 1948. After the Indian independence she was inducted into the Indian Navy as INS Tir. In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.^[2]

She was decommissioned in 1977. An oil painting of the ship hangs at the Indian Naval Headquarters in New Delhi.^[3]

References

1. Chaudhury, Dipanjan Roy (5 October 2022). "Indian Navy ships visit Kuwait pushing defence ties" – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
2. Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
3. "INS Tir". bharat-rakshak.com. Retrieved 13 February 2016.

Publications

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.