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ROYAL INDIAN MARINE (INDIA)

CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS

WWII auxiliary minesweepers

100 - 1000 BRT:

Satyavati (1911, 295, 9.1939 - 1945), Tanjore (,, 6.1941 - ?.6.1942)

Project history: requisitioned merchant vessels used as minesweepers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service:  Format of date including day/month/year means loss of the vessel. Format of date containing month/year means return to owner or conversion to miscellaneous vessel. There were many coasters, tugs and other vessels used as minesweepers with tonnage less than 100 BRT.

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