HMIS Hindustan (L80)
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 India
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| Name: | Hindustan |
| Ordered: | 15 April 1929 |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter |
| Laid down: | 4 September 1929 |
| Launched: | 12 May 1930 |
| Commissioned: | 10 October 1930 |
| Decommissioned: | 1948 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Pakistan, 1948 |
 Pakistan
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| Name: | Karsaz |
| Acquired: | 1948 |
| Decommissioned: | 1960 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Folkestone-class sloop |
| Displacement: | 1,190 long tons (1,210 t) |
| Length: | 296 ft (90.2208 m) oa |
| Beam: | 35 ft (10.67 m) |
| Draught: | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
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| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement: | 119 |
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HMIS Hindustan (L80) was a Folkestone-class (also known as Hastings class) sloop which served in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II. Her pennant number was changed to U80 in 1940.
Hindustan was transferred to Pakistan in 1948 after the independence, and eventually renamed PNS Karsaz. She was decommissioned from the Pakistan Navy in 1960.
HMIS Hindustan was laid down at the Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear England on 4 September 1929, was launched on 12 May 1930 and completed on 10 October 1930, commissioning into the Royal Indian Marine.
Hindustan was built to a modified and longer version of the Hastings-class design. Her hull was 296 feet 4 inches (90.32 m) long overall, with a beam of 35 feet (420 in) and a draught of 11 feet 6 inches (3.51 m). Displacement was 1,190 long tons (1,210 t) standard. She was powered by geared steam turbines fed by two Admiralty 3-drum boilers, driving two shafts and rated at 2,000 shaft horsepower (1,500 kW), sufficient to drive the ship to a speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph). The ship had a complement of 119 officers and men.
The ship's main armament consisted of two 4-inch (102 mm) QF Mk IV guns. Unlike in the Hastings class, which had one 4-inch gun in an anti-aircraft mount, both guns were in Low-Angle mountings only suitable for use against surface targets. In addition four 3-pounder (47 mm) saluting guns were carried.
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