HMIS Hindustan

HMIS Hindustan
History
India
Name	Hindustan
Ordered	15 April 1929[citation needed]
Builder	Swan Hunter
Laid down	4 September 1929
Launched	12 May 1930
Commissioned	10 October 1930
Decommissioned	1948
Fate	Transferred to Pakistan, 1948
Pakistan
Name	Karsaz
Acquired	1948
Decommissioned	1960
General characteristics
Class and type	Folkestone-class sloop
Displacement	1,190 long tons (1,210 t)
Length	296 ft (90.2208 m) oa
Beam	35 ft (10.67 m)
Draught	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty Boilers Geared steam turbines, 2 shafts 2,000 shp (1,500 kW)
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	119
Armament	2 × 4 in (100 mm) QF Mk IV guns 4 × QF 3-pounder 47 mm (1.9 in) saluting guns

HMIS Hindustan (L80) was a Folkestone-class (also known as Hastings class) sloop which served in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II. Her pennant number was changed to U80 in 1940.

Hindustan was transferred to Pakistan in 1948 after the independence, and eventually renamed PNS Karsaz. She was decommissioned from the Pakistan Navy in 1960.^[1]