HMIS Bengal

History
India
Name	Bengal
Namesake	Bengal
Ordered	24 September 1940
Builder	Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company
Laid down	3 December 1941
Launched	28 May 1942
Commissioned	8 August 1942
Decommissioned	1960
Fate	Scrapped 1960
General characteristics
Class & type	Bathurst-class corvette
Displacement	650 tons (standard); 1,025 tons (full load);
Length	186 ft (57 m)
Beam	31 ft (9.4 m)
Draught	8.5 ft (2.6 m)
Propulsion	Triple expansion engine, 2 shafts, 2,000 hp (1,500 kW)
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) at 1,750 hp
Complement	85
Armament	1 × 4-inch Mk XIX gun; 3 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns; Machine guns; Depth charge chutes and throwers;

HMIS Bengal (J243) was a Bathurst-class corvette of the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) which served during the Second World War.

History

India
Name	Bengal
Namesake	Bengal
Ordered	24 September 1940
Builder	Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company
Laid down	3 December 1941
Launched	28 May 1942
Commissioned	8 August 1942
Decommissioned	1960
Fate	Scrapped 1960
General characteristics
Class & type	Bathurst-class corvette
Displacement	650 tons (standard) 1,025 tons (full load)
Length	186 ft (57 m)
Beam	31 ft (9.4 m)
Draught	8.5 ft (2.6 m)
Propulsion	Triple expansion engine, 2 shafts, 2,000 hp (1,500 kW)
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) at 1,750 hp
Complement	85
Armament	1 × 4-inch Mk XIX gun 3 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns Machine guns Depth charge chutes and throwers