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|Ship name= ''Kistna''(U46)
|Ship namesake= [[Krishna River]]
|Ship ordered= 10 September 1941
|Ship builder= [[Yarrow Shipbuilders]]
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|Ship laid down= 14 July 1942
|Ship launched= 22 April 1943
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|Ship out of service= 1981
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|Ship honours=*[[Atlantic]], 1943
*[[Burma]], 1944-1945
|Ship fate= Scrapped
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|Ship displacement=*1,250&nbsp;tons original
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|Ship length= {{Convert|299|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}
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|Ship sensors=*Radar Type 272 for surface warning
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*4 × [[QF 2-pounder naval gun|2-pounder AA pom-pom]]
*4 × [[Vickers .50 machine gun|{{Convert|0.5|in|mm|1|adj=on}} AA machine guns]] (original)
*12 × [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20&nbsp;mm Oerlikon]] AA (6 × 2) (modified)
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'''HMIS ''Kistna'' (U46)''' was a [[Black Swan class sloop|''Black Swan'' class]] [[sloop]] which served in the [[Royal Indian Navy]] (RIN) during World War II.

After [[Independence of India|independence]], she was commissioned into the [[Indian Navy]] as '''INS ''Krisna'''''.

==History==
[[File:HMIS Kistna launching 1943 IWM A 16059.jpg|thumb|left|<center>''Kistna'' being launched on 22 April 1943</center>]]
HMIS ''Kistna'' was ordered under the 1940 Build Programme on 10 September 1941. She was built by [[Yarrow Shipbuilders|Yarrow (Shipbuilders), Limited]] and commissioned in 1943.

With World War II underway, she was soon deployed for convoy escort duties between the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and [[West Africa]]. In November 1943, while escorting a convoy to [[Liverpool]], the convoy was sighted by German aircraft. [[Wolfpack Schill]] was formed to attack the convoy, which was repelled by the escorts, including HMIS Kistna. [[HMS Chanticleer (U05)]] was hit by a [[torpedo]] and took major damage in the attack. A mercantile vessel being escorted was sunk and another damaged by German aircraft with [[Henschel & Son|HS 233]] [[glider bomb]]s.

''HMIS Kistna'' was transferred to the Eastern Fleet and continued to escort convoys en route to [[Bombay]]. In the Eastern Fleet it continued escort duties in the [[Persian Gulf]], the [[Bay of Bengal]] and the [[Indian Ocean]]. It supported military operations by the [[British Indian Army]] and the [[British Army]] in [[Burma]].

In December 1944, she joined a task force with HMIS Jumna, [[HMIS Narbada (U40)]] and [[HMS Flamingo (L18)]] to support the advance by the Indian Division down the Mayu peninsula in Burma as a part of [[Operation Romulus]].

In January 1945, ''HMIS Kistna'' with [[HMS Phoebe (43)]], [[HMS Rapid (H32)]] and ''HMS Flamingo'', supported the amphibious landings of the Indian 71st Division and the British 4th Division on [[Ramree Island]] in Burma, as a part of [[Operation Matador (1945)|Operation Matador]]. It continued to provide naval gunfire support as a part of the operation.

After a refit in Bombay, in April 1945, she was part of the amphibious assault group for the Indian 26th Division on [[Rangoon]] during [[Operation Dracula]]. Other members of this assault group included [[HMIS Cauvery (U10)]], [[HMIS Godavari (U52)]], ''HMIS Narbada'', [[HMIS Sutlej (U95)]] and [[HMIS Hindustan]].

In July, ''Kistna'' was deployed for minesweeping operations to the [[Malacca Straits]] during [[Operation Collie]]. In August, she conducted preparatory exercises to participate in [[Operation Zipper]] to recapture [[British Malaya|Malaya]].

At the end of World War II, ''Kistna'' was in [[Penang]] during the Japanese surrender there.

After India's independence, she was commissioned into the Indian Navy as '''INS ''Krisna'''''. She was a part of the 12th Frigate Squadron, before being used for training purposes. She was decommissioned in 1981 and scrapped.<ref name=nh>http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-18SL-Kistna.htm</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{cite book|last=Hague|first=Arnold|title=Sloops: A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926–1946|year=1993|publisher=World Ship Society|location=Kendal, England|isbn=0-905617-67-3}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|INS Kistna}}

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[[Category:1943 ships]]
[[Category:Training ships of the Indian Navy]]