6 Apr 1942 // Royal Indian Navy minesweeper HMIS Indus came under air attack at Akyab (Sittwe) during the British retreat from Burma. Several near-misses from bombs, and two direct hits, caused her to capsize and sink, without loss of life. #RoyalIndianNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
1 Mar 1942 // Auxiliary patrol vessel HMIS Sophie Marie, Royal Indian Navy, was mined and sunk in the MacPherson Strait, Andaman Islands, with the loss of one man. #RoyalIndianNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
29 Jan 1926 // HMIS Elphinstone, a 2-gun sloop in the Royal Indian Marine, sank after striking an uncharted reef off Tillangchong Island in the Nicobar Islands. The crew all reached the island in the sloop's boats, and were rescued by survey ship Investigator. #RoyalIndianNavy #NavalHistory
8 Dec 1941 // In a tragic 'friendly fire' incident off Goa, Indian Navy patrol vessel HMIS Prabhavati was sunk with gunfire by light cruiser HMS Glasgow, which mistook her for a reported Japanese submarine. 24 men on the Prabhavati lost their lives. #RoyalIndianNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
16 Oct 1942 // Trawler Lady Craddock, a Royal Indian Navy minesweeper stationed at Calcutta, was moored on the Hooghly River off Haldia when the area was struck by a cyclone. She was overwhelmed by a large wave, and capsized and sank with the loss of six men. #RoyalIndianNavy #NavalHistory #WW2
7 Oct 1944 // Motor launches HDML 1118 and HDML 1119, Royal Indian Navy, were at anchor off Maungdaw, Burma, when two RAF Spitfires attacked them with gunfire. 1118 was badly damaged and 1119 was sunk. Five men died in this tragic friendly fire incident. #RoyalIndianNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
10 Aug 1944 // Royal Indian Navy auxiliary patrol vessel HMIS Kutubtari ran aground with no casualties off Chittagong. She could not be salvaged and was written off as a total loss. #RoyalIndianNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
24 June 1940 // Patrol sloop HMIS Pathan sank off Bombay after an explosion, initially thought to have been a torpedo from an Italian submarine, but almost certainly the result of a faulty depth charge. Five men died and another died later from his injuries. #RoyalIndianNavy #WW2
25 May 1942 // Armed trawler HMIS Tanjore broke down with engine failure while sailing from Bombay to Karachi. In poor weather she drifted inshore and ran aground. Finally salvaged in late December, she was towed to Bombay and written off as a total loss. #RoyalIndianNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
30 Apr 1941 // Patrol vessel HMIS Parvati was preparing with HMS Ceres to attack the harbour at Assab, Eritrea, when the mission was called off. The ships were reversing course when Parvati struck a mine and sank. 16 men from her crew of 72 were lost. #RoyalIndianNavy #India #WW2 #NavalHistory
14 Apr 1944 // Landing ship HMIS El Hind (Royal Indian Navy) was destroyed in Bombay harbour, one of 11 vessels wrecked when merchant ship Fort Stikine, carrying 1400 tons of explosives, caught fire and blew up. The devastation and death toll were immense. #RoyalIndianNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
6 Apr 1942 // Minesweeper HMIS Indus, #RoyalIndianNavy, came under air attack at Akyab (Sittwe) during the British retreat from Burma. Several near-misses from bombs, and two direct hits, caused her to capsize and sink, without loss of life. #WW2 #NavalHistory
2 Apr 1943 // HMIS Haideri, a #RoyalIndianNavy auxiliary patrol vessel, ran aground in poor weather on a shoal at the mouth of the Godavari River while towing lighters from Vizagapatnam to Madras. She could not be recovered and was abandoned as a total loss. #WW2 #Shipwreck #NavalHistory
