Minesweeper of the Bangor class
| Navy | The Royal Indian Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Bangor |
| Pennant | J 200 |
| Built by | Lobnitz & Co. Ltd. (Renfrew, Scotland) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 15 May, 1941 |
| Launched | 20 Nov, 1941 |
| Commissioned | 14 Mar, 1942 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Scrapped in 1949. |
| Former name | HMS Clydebank |
| Noteable events involving Orissa include: 11 Jun, 1942
HMIS Orissa (Lt. D. Whyte) picks up 20 survivors from the British tanker Geo H. Jones that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-455
north-north-east of the Azores in position 45º40'N, 22º40'W. 22 Feb, 1944
The Australian minesweeper HMAS Tamworth and the Indian minesweeper HMIS Orissa both pick up survivors from the American tanker E.G. Seubert that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-510 about 200 nautical miles east of Aden in position 13º50'N, 48º49'E. |
