HMIS Godavari
{{Short description|WW2-era Royal Indian Navy warship}}
{{other ships|INS Godavari}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=The Royal Navy during the Second World War A14023.jpg |Ship caption= HMIS GODAVARI launched at Southampton by Mrs Lall, the wife of the Deputy High Commissioner for India }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country= |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|British India|naval-1928}} {{shipboxflag|Pakistan|naval}} |Ship name= Godavari |Ship namesake= Godavari River |Ship ordered= 29 August 1940 |Ship builder= Thornycroft |Ship yard number=Yard 1386 |Ship laid down= 30 August 1941 |Ship launched= 21 March 1943 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= 28 June 1943 |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= 1948 |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship honours= Burma, 1945 |Ship fate= Transferred to Pakistan, scrapped 1959 |Ship notes= |Ship badge= Map of India and the Indian Ocean with a border of lotus; sea Blue, British territory Gold and Lotus proper }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class={{sclass|Black Swan|sloop|0}} sloop |Ship type= |Ship displacement=*1,250 tons original
|Ship length= {{Convert|299|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam=*{{Convert|37|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} original
|Ship height= |Ship draught= {{Convert|11|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship power= |Ship propulsion=*Geared turbines, 2 shafts:
|Ship speed=*{{Convert|19|kn|km/h|0}} (original)
|Ship range= {{Convert|7500|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{Convert|12|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} |Ship endurance= |Ship boats= |Ship complement=*180 (original)
|Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*6 × QF 4 inch Mk XVI naval gun AA guns (3 × 2)
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HMIS Godavari (U 52) was a {{sclass|Black Swan|sloop|0}} sloop which served in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II.
Godavari was transferred to Pakistan in 1948 after the Partition of India and eventually renamed PNS Sind.
Operational service
On 29 August 1940, the Indian Government placed an order for two sloops, HMIS Godavari and {{HMIS|Narbada}} with John I. Thornycroft & Company.{{Harvnb|Hague|1993|pp=6, 71}} Godavari was laid down as Yard number 1386 at Thonycroft's Woolston, Southampton shipyard on 31 October 1940, launched on 21 January 1943 and completed on 28 June 1943.{{Harvnb|Hague|1993|p=71}}{{cite web|last=Mason|first=Geoffrey B.|title=HMIS Godavari (U 52) - Modified Bittern-class Sloop: including Convoy Escort Movements|work=Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War 2|publisher=naval-history.net|date=10 June 2011|access-date=21 February 2018|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-18SL-HMIS_Godaveri.htm}} Following commissioning she was sent to Scapa Flow for trials and working up. She was deployed in home waters for convoy defence on the UK-Gibraltar route. On 22 December 1943 she was involved in a collision with the SS Manchester Progress and was sent for repair in Londonderry.
On completion of repairs in February 1944 Godavari was nominated for transfer to the Eastern Fleet and convoy defence in the Indian Ocean, where she arrived in April 1944.
On 12 August the German submarine U-198 was sunk near the Seychelles, in position 03º35'S, 52º49'E, by depth charges from the British frigate {{HMS|Findhorn|K301|6}} (under the command of Lt.Cdr. J.C. Dawson, RD, RNR) and Godavari (under the command of A/Cdr. A.B. Goord, RIN).{{Cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3922.html|title=HMIS Godavari (U 52) of the Royal Indian Navy - Indian Sloop of the Black Swan class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net}}
Between January and March 1945 she was nominated for support of military operations in Burma. In August she was also nominated for support of the allied landings in Japan as part of Operation Zipper, however this operation was cancelled following the dropping of the atomic bombs and Japan's subsequent surrender.
Her commanding officers in the Royal Indian Navy were:
- From 22 Jun 1943 to 10 May 1944: A/Capt. James Wilfred Jefford OBE, RIN
- From 10 May 1944 to 10 Feb 1945: A/Cdr. Anthony Brian Goord, RIN
- From 10 Feb 1945 to 1948: A/Lt.Cdr. Hajee Mohammed Siddiq Choudry, MBE, RIN
Post war
After the Independence of India and the subsequent Partition, she was among the vessels transferred to Pakistan, where she was renamed PNS Sind.
Notes
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References
- {{Cite Colledge2006}}
- {{cite book|last=Hague|first=Arnold|title=Sloops: A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926–1946|year=1993|publisher=World Ship Society|location=Kendal, England|isbn=0-905617-67-3}}
External links
- {{Commons category-inline|HMIS Godavari (ship, 1943)}}
{{Black Swan class sloop}}
{{Frigates of the Indian Navy}}
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Category:Black Swan-class sloops of the Royal Indian Navy
Category:India–Pakistan military relations