 Burnet underway | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Burnet |
| Ordered | 22 July 1942 |
| Builder | Ferguson Shipbuilders,Port Glasgow |
| Launched | 31 May 1943 |
| Commissioned | 15 May 1945 |
| Out of service | 1947 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K348 |
| Fate | Sold toRoyal Thai Navy |
 British India | |
| Name | Gondwana |
| Acquired | 15 May 1945, on loan fromRoyal Navy |
| Commissioned | 15 May 1945 |
| Out of service | 17 May 1946 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K348 |
| Fate | Returned to Royal Navy |
 Thailand | |
| Name | Bangpakong |
| Namesake | Bang Pakong River |
| Acquired | 15 May 1947 from theRoyal Navy |
| Decommissioned | 1985 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Flower-classcorvette (modified) |
| Displacement | 1,015long tons (1,031 t; 1,137 short tons) |
| Length | 208 ft (63.40 m)o/a |
| Beam | 33 ft (10.06 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft (3.35 m) |
| Propulsion | Single shaft, 2× oil fired water tube boilers, 1 triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine, 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW) |
| Speed | 16 knots (29.6 km/h) |
| Range | 3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) |
| Complement | 90 |
| Sensors & processing systems | One Type 271 SW2C radar, one Type 144 sonar |
| Armament |
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HMISGondwana (K348) was aWorld War IIFlower-classcorvette of theRoyal Indian Navy (RIN). She was originally ordered for and commissioned asHMSBurnet of theRoyal Navy, but transferred to RIN immediately upon commissioning.[1]
She was transferred back to the Royal Navy in 1946 and subsequently sold to theRoyal Thai Navy in 1947, and commissioned asHTMSBangpakong (Thai:เรือหลวงบางปะกง).[2]
Burnet was ordered fromFerguson Shipbuilders, Limited inGlasgow for theRoyal Navy in 1942. She was transferred to the Royal Indian Navy immediately and commissioned as HMISGondwana on 15 May 1945, just months before the end of World War II. After the war, she was briefly used as an apprentice seaman training ship before being transferred back to the Royal Navy just on 17 May 1946.
She was sold to theRoyal Thai Navy in 1947 as HTMSBangpakong, and served in theKorean War in 1950–1951 before returning to Thailand.Bangpakong has since been decommissioned.[3]
