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Name: HINDUSTAN
Type: Patrol Frigate
Keel: 04/09/1929
Launched: 12/05/1930
Completed: 10/10/1930
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1413
Dimensions: 1045disp, 280.0 x 35.0 x 12.5(draft)ft
Engines: 2 x Steam turbines, SR geared, Parsons type, 2000shp
Engines by: Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 16.0knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: 2 x 1 x 4.0ins QF, 4 x 1 x 3pdr guns
History:
10/10/1930 Government of India
1948 Government of Pakistan; renamed KARSAZ
1960 Broken up
Comments: A member of the Hastings Class of patrol frigates or sloops
1960: Broken up in Pakistan


Above photo copyright of Allan Green

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Above photo courtesy of Photoship

Above photo courtesy of Photoship