Allied Warships

HMIS Bihar (J 247)

Minesweeper of the Bangor class

NavyThe Royal Indian Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassBangor 
PennantJ 247 
Built byGarden Reach Shipbuilding & Engineers Ltd. (Ranchi, India) 
Ordered 
Laid down7 Jun 1941 
Launched7 Jul 1942 
Commissioned27 Feb 1944 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryScrapped in 1949. 

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Noteable events involving Bihar include:


15 Jul 1944
The British merchant Tanda is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-181 northwest of Mangalore in the Arabian Sea in position 13º22'N, 74º09'E. HMIS Bihar (T/Lt. W.L. Deeble, DSC, RINR) and HMS Monkshood (Lt. G.W. McGuinness, RNR) together pick up 197 survivors.

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