HMIS Orissa (J200)

HMIS Orissa (J200)

Career (India)
Name:	HMIS Orissa
Ordered:	24 August 1940
Builder:	Lobnitz & Co.
Laid down:	15 May 1941
Launched:	20 November 1941
Commissioned:	14 March 1942
Decommissioned:	1949
Fate:	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type:	Bangor-class minesweeper
Displacement:	605 tons
Length:	162 ft (49.4 m)
Beam:	28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught:	8.25 ft (2.51 m)
Propulsion:	2 shafts, 9-cylinder diesel, 2,000 bhp (1,500 kW)
Speed:	16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement:	60
Armament:	1 x QF 12-pdr 3 in (76.2 mm) gun 1 x quadruple 0.5 in (12.7 mm) Vickers machine gun Mark III

HMIS Orissa (J200) was a Bangor class minesweeper which served in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II.

History

HMIS Orissa was ordered from Lobnitz & Co. originally for the Royal Navy as HMS Clydebank in 1940. However, before she was launched, she was transferred to the Royal Indian Navy and eventually commissioned as Orissa. She served in the RIN during World War II.

Operations in World War II

HMIS Orissa was a part of the Eastern Fleet, and escorted numerous convoys between Africa, British India and Australia in 1943-45.

On 11 June 1942, Orissa rescued 20 surviving crew of British tanker Geo H. Jones which had been torpedoed and sunk by German Navy U-boat U-455, northeast of the Azores in position 45º40'N, 22º40'W.

On 22 February 1944, Orissa with HMAS Tamworth rescued the surviving crew of the American tanker E.G. Seubert which was torpedoed and sunk by the German Navy U-boat U-510, about 200 nautical miles east of Aden in position 13º50'N, 48º49'E.

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