&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:HMIS_Bombay_(305827).jpg) HMIS Bombay in Sydney Harbour in 1942
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| History | |
|---|---|
  India | |
| Name | Bombay |
| Namesake | City of Bombay (Mumbai), India |
| Builder | Mort's Dock and Engineering Co Ltd, Sydney |
| Laid down | 19 July 1941 |
| Launched | 6 December 1941 |
| Commissioned | 24 April 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 1960 |
| Fate | Broken up for scrap |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Bathurst class corvette |
| Displacement | 733 tons[1] |
| Length | 189 ft (58 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draught | 8.5 ft (2.6 m) |
| Propulsion | Triple expansion, 2 shafts |
| Speed | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h) |
| Complement | 85 |
| Armament | Standard class armament: 1 × 4 inch Mk XIX gun, 3 × 20 mm Oerlikon 20 mm cannons, machine guns, depth charge chutes and throwers |
HMIS Bombay (J249), later INS Bombay, named for the city of Bombay (now Mumbai) in India, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II and one of four operated by the Royal Indian Navy.[2]