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HMIS Hindustan, the Glossary

HMIS Hindustan (L80) was a (also known as Hastings class) sloop which served in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II.^[1]

38 relations: Beam (nautical), Berbera, British Army, British Indian Army, British Malaya, British Somaliland, Displacement (ship), Draft (hull), East Indies Fleet, East Indies Station, Indian Ocean, Italian invasion of British Somaliland, Karachi, Length overall, M116 howitzer, Mumbai, Myanmar, Operation Dracula, Pakistan, Pakistan Navy, Partition of India, Pennant number, Persian Gulf, QF 3-pounder Vickers, QF 4-inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII, Royal Indian Navy, Royal Indian Navy mutiny, Royal Navy, Sloop-of-war, Sonar, Steam turbine, Strait of Hormuz, Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, Wallsend, World War II, Yangon, 15th (Scottish Volunteer) Parachute Battalion.
Hastings-class sloops of the Pakistan Navy
Hastings-class sloops of the Royal Indian Navy
India–Pakistan military relations

Beam (nautical)

The beam of a ship is its width at its widest point.

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Berbera

Berbera (Barbara, بربرة) is the capital of the Sahil region of Somaliland and is the main sea port of the country, located approximately 160 km from the national capital, Hargeisa.

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The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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British Indian Army

The Indian Army during British rule, also referred to as the British Indian Army, was the main military force of the British Indian Empire until 1947. HMIS Hindustan and British Indian Army are India–Pakistan military relations.

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British Malaya

The term "British Malaya" (Tanah Melayu British) loosely describes a set of states on the Malay Peninsula and the island of Singapore that were brought under British hegemony or control between the late 18th and the mid-20th century.

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British Somaliland

British Somaliland, officially the Somaliland Protectorate (Maxmiyadda Dhulka Soomaalida), was a protectorate of the United Kingdom in modern Somaliland.

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Displacement (ship)

The displacement or displacement tonnage of a ship is its weight.

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Draft (hull)

The draft or draught of a ship is a determined depth of the vessel below the waterline, measured vertically to its hull's lowest—its propellers, or keel, or other reference point.

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East Indies Fleet

The Eastern Fleet, later called the East Indies Fleet, was a fleet of the Royal Navy which existed between 1941 and 1952.

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East Indies Station

The East Indies Station was a formation and command of the British Royal Navy.

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Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approx.

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Italian invasion of British Somaliland

The Italian invasion of British Somaliland (3–19 August 1940) was part of the East African campaign (1940–1941) in which Italian, Eritrean and Somali forces of Fascist Italy entered the Somaliland Protectorate and defeated its garrison of British, Commonwealth and colonial forces supported by Somali irregulars.

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Karachi

Karachi (کراچی) is the capital city of the Pakistani province of Sindh.

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Length overall

Length overall (LOA, o/a, o.a. or oa) is the maximum length of a vessel's hull measured parallel to the waterline.

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M116 howitzer

The 75mm Pack Howitzer M1 (redesignated the M116 in 1962) was a pack howitzer artillery piece used by the United States.

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Mumbai

Mumbai (ISO:; formerly known as Bombay) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest.

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Operation Dracula

Operation Dracula was a World War II-airborne and amphibious attack on Rangoon by British and Anglo-Indian forces during the Burma Campaign.

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Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.

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Pakistan Navy

The Pakistan Navy (PN) (پاکستان بحریہ; ''romanized'': Pākistān Bahrí'a) is the naval warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces.

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Partition of India

The Partition of India in 1947 was the change of political borders and the division of other assets that accompanied the dissolution of the British Raj in the Indian subcontinent and the creation of two independent dominions in South Asia: India and Pakistan.

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Pennant number

In the Royal Navy and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth of Nations, ships are identified by pennant number (an internationalisation of pendant number, which it was called before 1948).

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Persian Gulf

The Persian Gulf (Fars), sometimes called the (Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a mediterranean sea in West Asia.

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QF 3-pounder Vickers

The Ordnance QF 3-pounder Vickers (47 mm / L50) was a British artillery piece first tested in Britain in 1903.

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QF 4-inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII

The QF 4-inch gun Mk IVMk IV.

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Royal Indian Navy

The Royal Indian Navy (RIN) was the naval force of British India and the Dominion of India. HMIS Hindustan and Royal Indian Navy are India–Pakistan military relations.

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Royal Indian Navy mutiny

The Royal Indian Navy mutiny or revolt, also called the 1946 Naval Uprising, is a failed insurrection of Indian naval ratings, soldiers, police personnel and civilians against the British government in India.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Sloop-of-war

During the 18th and 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship of the British Royal Navy with a single gun deck that carried up to 18 guns.

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Sonar

Sonar (sound navigation and ranging or sonic navigation and ranging) is a technique that uses sound propagation (usually underwater, as in submarine navigation) to navigate, measure distances (ranging), communicate with or detect objects on or under the surface of the water, such as other vessels.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMIS_Hindustan

Also known as HMIS Hindustan (L80), HMIS Hindustan (U80), PNS Karsaz (1948), PNS Karsaz (sloop).

HMIS Hindustan, the Glossary

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See also

Hastings-class sloops of the Pakistan Navy

Hastings-class sloops of the Royal Indian Navy

India–Pakistan military relations

References