INS Mysore (C60)

INS Mysore c. 1960s
History
India
Name	INS Mysore[1]
Namesake	Mysore
Builder	Vickers Armstrongs, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne
Laid down	8 February 1938
Launched	18 July 1939 (as HMS Nigeria)
Acquired	29 August 1957
Decommissioned	20 August 1985
Identification	Pennant number: C60
Motto	Na bibheti kadachana
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Fiji-class light cruiser
Displacement	8,530 tons standard 10,450 tons full load
Length	169.3 m (555.5 ft)
Beam	18.9 m (62 ft)
Draught	5.0 m (16.5 ft)
Propulsion	Four oil fired 3-drum Admiralty-type boilers, 4-shaft geared turbines, 4 screws, 54.1 megawatts (72,500 shp)
Speed	33 knots
Range	6,520 nmi at 13 knots (24 km/h)
Complement	907
Armament	9 × BL 6 in (152 mm) Mark XXIII guns in 3 triple mountings Mark XXI 8 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mark XVI guns in 4 twin mountings Mark XIX 8 × 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors AA guns (4 twin mounts) 12 × 2 pounder AA guns ("pom-pom") (3 quadruple mounts) 12 × 20 mm (0.79 in) AA (6 × 2) guns (6 twin mounts) 6 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2 triple mounts)
Armour	Main belt: 83 mm (3.3 in) Deck: 51 mm (2.0 in) Turrets: 51 mm (2.0 in) Director control tower: 102 mm (4.0 in)

INS Mysore was a Fiji-class light cruiser commissioned in the Indian Navy in 1957. She was acquired from the Royal Navy, where she served in World War II as HMS Nigeria.

Mysore was the second cruiser to be purchased by independent India. She was commissioned into the Indian Navy in August 1957. The crest for Mysore depicted the mythological double-headed eagle Gandaberunda from the coat of arms of the former Mysore state. The ship's motto Na bibheti kadachana was taken from the Taittiriya Upanishad.