HMIS Jamnagar
{{short description|Ship of the Royal Indian Navy}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= | Ship country = | Ship flag = |Ship class= |Ship name= *Jamnagar (1924–44)
|Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder= J I Thornycroft & Co Ltd, Woolston |Ship yard number=1030 |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=2 September 1924 |Ship completed=October 1924 |Ship christened= |Ship acquired= |Ship registry= *{{country|British India|India}} (1924–39)
|Ship identification=*Code Letters MNLX (1924–41)
|Ship owner=*The Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar (1924–40)
|Ship operator=*Merchant Marine Dept, Nawanagar State (1924–40)
|Ship commissioned= |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= 29 August 1948 |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship captured= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship fate= Sank }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship tonnage=*{{GRT|576}}
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Jamnagar was a {{GRT|576|link=off}} coaster which was built in 1924 for Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar. In 1941 she entered service with the Royal Indian Navy. In 1944, she was sold into merchant service before being requisitioned by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Bulbul. In 1947, she was sold into merchant service and renamed Hellenic Bulbul. The name Hellenic Bee had been allocated but she ran aground and sank before the proposed name change could be implemented.
Description
Jamnagar was built by J I Thornycroft & Co Ltd, Woolston.{{cite book | first = and Sawyer, L A| last = Mitchell, W H | year = 1995| title = The Empire Ships| publisher = Lloyd's of London Press Ltd| location = London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong|isbn=1-85044-275-4}} She was yard number 1030. Jamnagar was launched on 2 September 1924 and completed in October 1924.{{csr|register=MSI|id=1147002|access-date=30 December 2009}}
The ship was {{convert|160|ft|9|in|m|2}} long, with a beam of {{convert|26|ft|1|in|m|2}} and a depth of {{convert|11|ft|7|in|m|2}}. She was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine which had cylinders of 13½ inches (62 cm){{convert|13.5|in|cm}}, {{convert|22|in|cm}} and {{convert|35|in|cm}} bore by {{convert|27|in|cm}} stroke. The engine was built by Thornycroft. She had a GRT of 567 and a NRT of 279.{{cite web|url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/40/40a0479.pdf |title=LLOYD'S REGISTER, NAVIRES A VAPEUR ET A MOTEURS |publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |access-date=30 December 2009}}
Career
Jamnagar was operated by the Mercantile Marine Department of the State of Nawanagar.{{cite web|url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/38/38b0443.pdf |title=LLOYD'S REGISTER, NAVIRES A VAPEUR ET A MOTEURS |publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |access-date=30 December 2009}} In 1940, she was sold to Hashim Mohomed Ganchi, India. Her port of registry was Karachi. In 1940, Jamnagar was requisitioned by the Royal Indian Navy for use as an auxiliary patrol vessel. She was returned to Ganchi in 1944 and then requisitioned by the MoWT and renamed Empire Bulbul. In 1947, she was sold to Yannoulatos (Far East) Ltd, Hong Kong and renamed Hellenic Bulbul. She was operated under the management of the British Indian Steam Navigation Co Ltd. The name Hellenic Bee had been allocated, but on 29 August 1948 she ran aground on Domanik Island, Bay of Bengal ({{coord|21|53|N|90|48|E}}), and then sank.
Official Numbers and Code Letters
Official Numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers. Empire Bulbul had the United Kingdom Official Number 147002.
Jamnagar used the Code Letters MNLX. Empire Bulbul used the Code Letters MNLS.
References
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Category:Ships built in Southampton
Category:World War II merchant ships of India
Category:Auxiliary ships of the Royal Indian Navy
Category:Ministry of War Transport ships
Category:Steamships of the United Kingdom
Category:Steamships of Hong Kong
Category:Merchant ships of Hong Kong