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