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{{other ships|HMS Madras}}
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|Ship country=India
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|British India|naval-1928}} {{shipboxflag|India|naval}}
|Ship name=''Madras''
|Ship ordered=24 September 1940
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|Ship builder=[[Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company]]
|Ship laid down=4 August 1941
|Ship launched=17 February 1942
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|Ship class={{sclass|Bathurst|minesweeper|1}}
|Ship displacement=1,025&nbsp;tons (full war load)
|Ship length={{convert|186|ft|m|abbr=on}} 
|Ship beam={{convert|31|ft|m|abbr=on}} 
|Ship draught={{convert|8.5|ft|m|abbr=on}} 
|Ship propulsion=Triple expansion, 2 shafts. 2,000&nbsp;hp
|Ship speed={{convert|15|kn}}
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|Ship complement=85
|Ship sensors=Type 128 asdic
|Ship armament=1 × [[QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun|12-pounder gun]] or 1 × 4&nbsp;inchgun, 1 × [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|40 mm Bofors gun]], 2-3 × [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20 mm Oerlikon guns]], up to 40 [[depth charge]]s
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'''HMIS ''Madras'' (J237)''' was a {{sclass|Bathurst|minesweeper}} that served in the [[Royal Indian Navy]] (RIN) during [[World War II]].<ref name=u-madras>{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3743.html |title=HMIS Madras (J 237) of the Royal Indian Navy - Indian Minesweeper of the Bathurst class - Allied Warships of WWII |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2014-06-11}}</ref>

==History==
HMIS ''Madras'' was ordered in 1940, and built at Cockatoo Docks in Australia. She was commissioned in 1942 into the [[Eastern Fleet]]. She escorted a number of convoys until the end of the war.<ref name=nh-1942>{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWD-EF1942b.htm |title=Eastern Fleet, Admiralty War Diary 1942 |publisher=Naval-history.net |access-date=2014-06-11}}</ref><ref name=nh-1943b>{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWD-EF1943b.htm |title=Eastern Fleet War Diary 1943 |publisher=Naval-history.net |access-date=2014-06-11}}</ref><ref name=nh-1944>{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWD-EF1944-11.htm |title=East Indies Fleet War Diary 1944 |publisher=Naval-history.net |date=1944-12-30 |access-date=2014-06-11}}</ref><ref name=nh-1945>{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWD-EF1945.htm |title=East Indies Fleet War Diary 1945 |publisher=Naval-history.net |access-date=2014-06-11}}</ref>

==See also==
* {{ship|INS|Chennai|D65}}

==Notes==
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{{Bathurst class corvette}}
{{Corvettes_of_the_Indian_Navy}}

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[[Category:Bathurst-class corvettes of the Royal Indian Navy]]
[[Category:1942 ships]]