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INS Mysore (C60)

1939 Crown Colony-class cruiser

Summary

1939 Crown Colony-class cruiser

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	INS Mysore, Jalesveva Jayamahe, p57.jpg
image_caption	INS Mysore
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	India
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name	INS Mysore
namesake	Mysore
builder	Vickers Armstrongs, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne
laid_down	8 February 1938
launched	18 July 1939 (as )
acquired	29 August 1957
decommissioned	20 August 1985
identification	Pennant number: C60
fate	Scrapped
motto	Na bibheti kadachana
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
class	Fiji-class light cruiser
displacement	*8,530 tons standard
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,
speed	33 knots
range	6,520 nmi at 13 kn
complement	907
* 8 × [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60	{{convert	40	mm	in	abbr	on}} Bofors AA guns]] (4 twin mounts)
* 12 × [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon	{{convert	20	mm	in	abbr	on}}]] AA (6 × 2) guns (6 twin mounts)
* Main belt: {{convert	83	mm	in	abbr	on}}
* Deck: {{convert	51	mm	in	abbr	on}}
* Turrets: {{convert	51	mm	in	abbr	on}}
* Director control tower: {{convert	102	mm	in	abbr	on}}

10,450 tons full load 4-shaft geared turbines, 4 screws, 54.1 megawatts (72,500 shp)
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 Bofors AA guns (4 twin mounts)
12 × 2 pounder AA guns ("pom-pom") (3 quadruple mounts)
12 × 20 mm AA (6 × 2) guns (6 twin mounts)
6 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2 triple mounts)
Main belt: 83 mm
Deck: 51 mm
Turrets: 51 mm
Director control tower: 102 mm '*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 .

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.

Operational history

In 1959, Mysore rammed the Royal Navy destroyer , severely damaging Hogues bow. In 1969, she collided with the destroyer Rana resulting in the latter being decommissioned and again in 1972 with the frigate Beas. Mysore served as a crucible of training. On her several Indian naval officers earned their stripes as her successive commanding officers. In 1971 she served as the flagship of the Western Fleet of the Indian Navy and commanded the missile attack on Karachi harbour in December 1971. Later in her life from 1975 onwards Mysore served as a training cruiser for naval cadets.

Mysore was decommissioned on 20 August 1985 and scrapped.

In popular culture

Mysore appears in the 2016 Bollywood movie Rustom, which was based loosely on the popular K. M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra case of the 1960s.

Citations

References

HMS Nigeria at Uboat.net

References

Singh, Satyindra. (1992). "Blueprint to Bluewater, the Indian Navy, 1951-65". Lancer Publishers & Distributors.
Mason, Geoffrey B. (2004), [http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-75Battle-Hogue.htm Service History of Royal Navy warships in World War 2: HMS HOGUE (H.74) - Battle-class Destroyer], naval-history.net. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
(16 August 2016). "Why Rustom gets the Navy uniform and pretty much everything wrong". India Today.

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