HMIS Gondwana (K348)
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HMIS Gondwana was a World War II Flower-class corvette of the Royal Indian Navy (RIN). She was originally ordered for and commissioned as HMS Burnet of the Royal Navy, but transferred to RIN immediately upon commissioning.[1]
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Burnet |
Ordered | 22 July 1942 |
Builder | Ferguson Shipbuilders, Port Glasgow |
Launched | 31 May 1943 |
Commissioned | 15 May 1945 |
Out of service | 1947 |
Identification | Pennant number: K348 |
Fate | Sold to Royal Thai Navy |
British India | |
Name | Gondwana |
Acquired | 15 May 1945, on loan from Royal Navy |
Commissioned | 15 May 1945 |
Out of service | 17 May 1946 |
Identification | Pennant number: K348 |
Fate | Returned to Royal Navy |
Thailand | |
Name | Bangpakong |
Namesake | Bang Pakong River |
Acquired | 15 May 1947 from the Royal Navy |
Decommissioned | 1985 |
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 |
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She was transferred back to the Royal Navy in 1946 and subsequently sold to the Royal Thai Navy in 1947, and commissioned as HTMS Bangpakong (Thai: เรือหลวงบางปะกง).[2]