HMIS Lawrence

History
NameLawrence
BuilderWilliam Beardmore and Company
Launched30 July 1919
Commissioned27 December 1919
Decommissioned1947
FateScrapped 1947
General characteristics [1]
Displacement1,225 long tons (1,245 t) standard
Length
  • 225 ft (69 m) p/p
  • 248 ft 6 in (75.74 m) o/a
Beam34 ft (10 m)
Draught8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)
Installed power1,900 shp (1,400 kW)
Propulsion
  • Geared steam turbines,
  • 2 Babcock boilers
  • 2 shafts
Speed15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Complement97
Armament

HMIS Lawrence (L83) was a sloop, commissioned in 1919 into the Royal Indian Marine (RIM).[1][2]

She served during World War II in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN), the successor to the RIM. Her pennant number was changed to U83 in 1940. Although originally built as a minesweeper, she was primarily used as a convoy escort during the war. She was scrapped soon after the end of the war.

  1. ^ a b Parkes 1973, p. 96.
  2. ^ "HMIS Lawrence (L 83 / U 83) of the Royal Indian Navy - Indian Sloop of the 24 class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net".