HMISHindustan
History
India
Name	Hindustan
Ordered	15 April 1929[citation needed]
Builder	Swan Hunter
Laid down	4 September 1929
Launched	12 May 1930
Commissioned	10 October 1930
Decommissioned	1948
Fate	Transferred to Pakistan, 1948
Pakistan
Name	Karsaz
Acquired	1948
Decommissioned	1960
General characteristics
Class & type	Folkestone-classsloop
Displacement	1,190long 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)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty Boilers Gearedsteam turbines, 2 shafts 2,000 shp (1,500 kW)
Speed	16knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	119
Armament	2 × 4 in (100 mm)QF Mk IV guns 4 ×QF 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) saluting guns

HMISHindustan (L80) was aFolkestone-class (also known asHastings class)sloop which served in theRoyal Indian Navy (RIN) duringWorld War II. Herpennant number was changed toU80 in 1940.

Hindustan was transferred toPakistan in 1948 after theindependence, and eventually renamedPNSKarsaz. She was decommissioned from the Pakistan Navy in 1960.^[1]

HMISHindustan was laid down at theSwan Hunter shipyard inWallsend,Tyne and Wear England on 4 September 1929, was launched on 12 May 1930 and completed on 10 October 1930,^[2] commissioning into theRoyal Indian Marine.

Hindustan was built to a modified and longer version of theHastings-class design. Her hull was 296 feet 4 inches (90.32 m)long overall, with abeam of 35 feet (10.67 m) and adraught of 11 feet 6 inches (3.51 m).Displacement was 1,190long tons (1,210 t) standard. She was powered by gearedsteam turbines fed by twoAdmiralty 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.^[2][3]

The ship's main armament consisted of two4-inch (102 mm) QF Mk IV guns. Unlike in theHastings 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.^[3][4]

Following the outbreak of theSecond World War,Hindustan was deployed to thePersian Gulf, patrolling theStraits of Hormuz and operating as part of theEast Indies Station of theRoyal Navy.^[5] In August 1940, ItalyinvadedBritish Somaliland, andHindustan was deployed toBerbera, landing three of her 3-pounder guns to aid the defences, and covering the evacuation of Commonwealth forces from Berbera from 15 to 19 September.^[6]Hindustan was then refitted at Bombay (nowMumbai), being fitted withSonar,^[2] previous plans to re-arm her with anti-aircraft 4-inch guns being abandoned.^[7]

During World War II, she was a part of theEastern Fleet. She escorted numerous convoys in theIndian Ocean and thePersian Gulf between 1942-45.^[8][9] She also supported various amphibious landings of theBritish Indian Army and theBritish Army inBurma,Malaya, etc.

In April 1945, withHMIS Narbada,Cauvery,Sutlej andKistna,Hindustan supported the amphibious landings of the Indian and British Armies inRangoon, as a part ofOperation Dracula.^[10]

During theRoyal Indian Navy mutiny – also known as Royal Indian Navy revolt – of February 1946Hindustan was berthed atKarachi, and occupied by mutineers. When ordered to debark the mutineers refused, but finally surrendered after a brief firefight with the15th (King's) Parachute Battalion, supported by four75mm pack howitzers of C Troop, 159 Parachute Light Regiment, Royal Artillery.^[11]

At the time ofindependence,Hindustan was among the vessels transferred to theRoyal Pakistan Navy in 1948, being renamedKarsaz.

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• 1930 ships
• Ships built by Swan Hunter
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