HMIS_Punjab_(J239)

HMIS <i>Punjab</i> (J239)

HMIS Punjab (J239)

Bathurst-class corvette

HMIS Punjab (J239) was a Bathurst-class minesweeper which served in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II.[1]

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HMIS Punjab was ordered in 1941, and built by Mort's Dock. She was commissioned in 1942, into the Eastern Fleet. She escorted a number of convoys until the end of the war.[2][3][4][5]

In July 1945, in support of the planned Allied amphibious landings in Malaya, Punjab with other RIN and Royal Navy vessels conducted minesweeping operations off Phuket.[6]

After the independence of India and the subsequent partition, she was among the vessels transferred to Pakistan.

Notes

  1. [1]
    "HMIS Punjab (J 239) of the Royal Indian Navy - Indian Minesweeper of the Bathurst class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net".
  2. [2]
    "Eastern Fleet, Admiralty War Diary 1942".
  3. [3]
    "Eastern Fleet War Diary 1943".
  4. [4]
    "East Indies Fleet War Diary 1944".
  5. [5]
    "East Indies Fleet War Diary 1945".
  6. [6]
    "HMS Squirrel, minesweeper".
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