HMIS Assam

HMIS Assam was a World War II Flower-class corvette of the Royal Indian Navy. She was originally ordered for and commissioned as HMS Bugloss of the Royal Navy, but transferred to the Royal Indian Navy immediately upon commissioning.^[1] She was transferred back to the Royal Navy in 1947 and subsequently scrapped.

History
United Kingdom
Name	Bugloss
Ordered	15 May 1942
Builder	John Crown & Sons Ltd
Laid down	26 November 1942
Launched	21 June 1943
Commissioned	19 February 1945
Fate	Scrapped
India
Name	Assam
Acquired	19 February 1945
Commissioned	19 February 1945
Out of service	1947
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette (modified)
Displacement	1,015 long tons (1,031 t; 1,137 short tons)
Length	208 ft (63.40 m)o/a
Beam	33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught	11 ft (3.35 m)
Propulsion	single shaft, 2× oil fired water tube boilers, 1 triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine, 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed	16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement	90
Sensors and processing systems	One Type 271 SW2C radar, one Type 144 sonar
Armament	1 × 4 in (102 mm) BL Mk.IX single gun 1 × 2-pounder Mk.VIII single "pom-pom" 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon single 1 × Hedgehog A/S mortar 4 × Mk.II depth charge throwers 2 Depth charge rails with 70depth charges

History

Bugloss was ordered from John Crown & Sons Ltd for the Royal Navy 1942. She was transferred to the Royal Indian Navy immediately upon commissioning in 1945, and served as Assam until her transfer back to the Royal Navy in 1947.

Operations in World War II

Assam joined the Eastern Fleet just months before the end of World War II. She escorted numerous convoys in 1945 during the war.^[2]