Royal Indian Navy

Bart150 · 26-12-2007, 03:30 PM

Over Christmas I met a gentleman who served during WW2 in the Royal Indian Navy.
Any ideas on where he should look for his service record?
Bart

Peter Clare · 26-12-2007, 06:30 PM

Might be worth looking here.

Records of Service

raf · 26-12-2007, 09:35 PM

interesting ????

did they produce there own ships or were they supplied by the uk

Bart150 · 30-12-2007, 01:17 PM

Many thanks, Peter. I've passed the address on to my Indian friend.

I don't know much about the Royal Indian Navy. I guess there isn't all that much to know. Except . . . Whenever the subject comes up talk soon turns to the mutiny that occurred shortly after the war. Wikipedia has an article on it, which, as far as I can tell, seems useful.
Bart

spidge · 17-01-2008, 07:09 AM

Indian Naval forces

The Indian Navy almost did not exist before WWII. When the war broke out, the British immediately provided ships and built ships to Indian navy which then only consisted of some small surface vessels.
During the war India had 14 escorts all in all, 4 of type Erget 1200 tons built in 1938-40), 2 of type Black Swan 1470 tons built in 1939-1942, 4 ship of the "River" class of 1460 tons built in 1942, 4 Flower class corvettes of 925 tons built in 1940-41, and 9 minesweepers of 650 tons each.

Read the rest here from:uboat.net - Fighting the U-boats - Ships

26-12-2007, 03:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bart150 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 19	Royal Indian Navy Over Christmas I met a gentleman who served during WW2 in the Royal Indian Navy. Any ideas on where he should look for his service record? Bart

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Peter Clare Legendary Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Neverland Posts: 5,651	Might be worth looking here. Records of Service __________________ On weald of Kent I watched once more Again I heard that grumbling roar Of fighter planes; yet none were near And all around the sky was clear Borne on the wind a whisper came 'Though men grow old, they stay the same' And then I knew, unseen to eye The ageless Few were sweeping by

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spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,047	Indian Naval forces The Indian Navy almost did not exist before WWII. When the war broke out, the British immediately provided ships and built ships to Indian navy which then only consisted of some small surface vessels. During the war India had 14 escorts all in all, 4 of type Erget 1200 tons built in 1938-40), 2 of type Black Swan 1470 tons built in 1939-1942, 4 ship of the "River" class of 1460 tons built in 1942, 4 Flower class corvettes of 925 tons built in 1940-41, and 9 minesweepers of 650 tons each. Read the rest here from:uboat.net - Fighting the U-boats - Ships __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

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26-12-2007, 09:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
raf Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: wigan Posts: 388	interesting ???? did they produce there own ships or were they supplied by the uk

30-12-2007, 01:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
Bart150 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 19	Many thanks, Peter. I've passed the address on to my Indian friend. I don't know much about the Royal Indian Navy. I guess there isn't all that much to know. Except . . . Whenever the subject comes up talk soon turns to the mutiny that occurred shortly after the war. Wikipedia has an article on it, which, as far as I can tell, seems useful. Bart

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