HMIS Tir

File:HMS Bann
History
United Kingdom
Name	Bann
Namesake	River Bann
Builder	Charles Hill & Sons
Laid down	18 June 1942
Launched	29 December 1942
Commissioned	7 May 1943
Decommissioned	3 December 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K256
Fate	Transferred to the Royal Indian Navy
India
Name	Tir (later, INS Tir)
Namesake	Hindi तीर, "arrow"[1]
Acquired	3 December 1945
Decommissioned	30 September 1977
Identification	Pennant number: K256
Fate	Scrapped 1979
General characteristics
Class and type	River-class frigate
Displacement	1,370 long tons (1,390 t; 1,530 short tons) 1,830 long tons (1,860 t; 2,050 short tons) (deep load)
Length	283 ft (86.26 m) p/p 301.25 ft (91.82 m)o/a
Beam	36.5 ft (11.13 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Speed	20 knots (37.0 km/h) 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h) (turbine ships)
Range	440 long tons (450 t; 490 short tons) oil fuel; 7,200 nautical miles (13,334 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement	107
Armament	2 × QF 4 in (102 mm) /40 Mk.XIX, single mounts CP Mk.XXIII up to 10 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on twin mounts Mk.V and single mounts Mk.III 1 × Hedgehog 24 spigot A/S projector up to 150 depth charges

HMIS Tir was a River-class frigate of the Royal Indian Navy (RIN). She was acquired from the Royal Navy where she served as HMS Bann during World War II. She was commissioned into the RIN in December 1945.

She was converted into a midshipman's training ship in Bombay in 1948. After the Indian independence she was inducted into the Indian Navy as INS Tir. In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.^[2]

She was decommissioned in 1977. An oil painting of the ship hangs at the Indian Naval Headquarters in New Delhi.^[3]

References

Publications

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.

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River-class frigates

 Royal Navy

• Adur
• Aire
• Annan (K297)
• Annan (K404)
• Avon
• Awe
• Ballinderry
• Bann
• Barle (ex-PG-103)
• Braid
• Cam
• Chelmer
• Cuckmere (ex-PG-104)
• Dart
• Derg
• Deveron
• Duddon / Ribble (K525)
• Ettrick
• Evenlode (ex-Danville)
• Exe
• Fal
• Findhorn (ex-PG-106)
• Frome
• Glenarm / Strule
• Halladale
• Helford
• Helmsdale
• Inver (ex-PG-107)
• Itchen
• Jed
• Kale
• Lagan
• Lambourne / Dovey
• Lochy
• Lossie (ex-PG-108)
• Meon
• Monnow
• Mourne
• Moyola
• Nadder
• Nene
• Ness
• Nith
• Odzani
• Parret (ex-PG-109)
• Plym
• Ribble (K251)
• Rother
• Shiel (ex-PG-110)
• Spey
• Swale
• Taff
• Tavy
• Tay
• Tees
• Teme
• Test
• Teviot
• Torridge
• Towy
• Trent
• Tweed
• Usk
• Waveney
• Wear
• Windrush
• Wye

 Royal Australian Navy

Completed	Barcoo Barwon Burdekin Condamine Diamantina Gascoyne Hawkesbury Lachlan Macquarie Murchison Culgoa Shoalhaven
Cancelled	Balmain Bogan Campaspe Murrumbidgee Namoi Nepean Warburton Williamstown Wimmera Wollondilly

 Royal Canadian Navy

Completed

Adur Alvington (K677) / Royal Mount (K677) Annan (K297) Annan (K404) Antigonish Beacon Hill Beauharnois / Prestonian Cap de la Madeleine Cape Breton Capilano Carlplace Charlottetown Chebogue Coaticook Eastview Ettrick Giffard / Toronto Grou Hallowell Inch Arran Joliette Jonquiere Kokanee La Hulloise La Tuque / Fort Erie (K670) Lanark Lasalle Lauzon (K371) Lauzon (K414) / Glace Bay Leamington / Mégantic (K344) / Sea Cliff Lévis Longueuil Magog Meon Monnow Montreal Nene New Glasgow New Waterford Orkney Outremont Port Colborne Poundmaker Prince Rupert Ribble Rouyn (K676) / Penetang Royal Mount (K685) / Buckingham Runnymede Saint John Springhill St. Catharines St. Jerome / Kirkland Lake St. Pierre St. Stephen Ste. Therese Stettler Stone Town Stormont (K327) Stormont (K444) / Matane Strathadam Swansea Teme Thetford Mines Valdorian / Sussexvale (K683) Valleyfield Verdun / Dunver Victoriaville Waskesiu Wentworth

Cancelled

Alexandria Alvington Fort Erie Foster Hardrock Henryville Le Havre Lingabar Mégantic Merittonia Northumberland Pesaquid Plessisville Ranney Falls Rouyn Shipton St. Agathe St. Eduoard Sussexvale Tisdale Westbury Westville Wulastock

 Free French Naval Forces

• L'Aventure (ex-Braid)
• Croix de Lorraine (ex-Strule)
• La Découverte / Lucifer (ex-Windrush)
• L'Escarmouche / L'Ailette (ex-Frome)
• La Surprise (ex-Torridge)
• Tonkinois / La Confiance (ex-Moyola)

 Royal Netherlands Navy

• Johan Maurits van Nassau (ex-Ribble (K251))

 South African Navy

• Swale
• Teviot

 United States Navy
Asheville class

• Asheville (ex-Adur)
• Natchez (ex-Annan (K297))
• PG-103
• PG-104
• Danville
• PG-106
• PG-107
• PG-108
• PG-109
• PG-110

Post World War II operators
Argentine Navy	Hércules (ex-Asheville) Juan B. Azopardo (ex-Hércules)
Royal Ceylon Navy /  Sri Lanka Navy	Gajabahu (ex-Misnak) Mahasena (ex-Mivtakh)
Chilean Navy	Covadonga (ex-Sea Cliff) Esmerelda / Baquedano (ex-Glace Bay) Iquique (ex-Joliette)
Royal Danish Navy	Holger Danske (ex-Monnow) Niels Ebbesen (ex-Annan (K404))
Dominican Navy	Juan Pablo Duarte (ex-Natchez) Presidente Trujillo / Mella (ex-Carlplace)
Egyptian Navy	Abikir (ex-Usk) Domiat (ex-Nith) Rashied (ex-Spey)
Indian Navy	Bengal (ex-Kokanee) Dhanush (ex-Deveron) Hooghly (ex-Waskesiu) Kukri / Khukri (ex-Trent) Neza (ex-Test) Shamsher (ex-Nadder) Tamar / Aire (ex-Aire) Tir (ex-Bann)
Israeli Navy	Mivtakh (ex-Orkney) Misgav (ex-Strathadam) Misnak (ex-Hallowell)
Royal Moroccan Navy	Al Maouna (ex-La Surprise)
Myanmar Navy	Mayu (ex-Fal)
Royal New Zealand Navy	Lachlan
Royal Norwegian Navy	Glomma (ex-Ballinderry)
Pakistan Navy	Shamsher Zulfiquar (ex-Dhanush)
Peruvian Navy	Teniente Palacios / Palacios (ex-St. Pierre) Teniente Ferré / Ferré (ex-Poundmaker)
Portuguese Navy	Diogo Gomes (ex-Awe) Nuno Tristão (ex-Avon)

• Preceded by: None
• Followed by: Tacoma class (USN) / Colony class (RN) / Prestonian class (RCN)

• List of frigates of the Royal Navy
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