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16th July 2016, 03:19 PM
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Re: Cruiser Ship of Indian Navy

Hey!!! INS Mysore was a Fiji-class cruiser commissioned in the Indian Navy in 1957.

She was acquired from the Royal Navy, where she served in World War II as HMS Nigeria.

General characteristics
Class and type:
Fiji-class cruiser

Displacement:
-8,530 tonnes standard
-10,450 tons full load

Length: 169.3 m (555.5 ft)

Beam: 18.9 m (62 ft)

Draught: 5.0 m (16.5 ft)

Propulsion:
Four oil fired 3-drum Admiralty-type boilers,
4-shaft geared turbines, 4 screws, 54.1 megawatts (72,500 shp)

Speed: 33 knots

Range: 6,520 nmi at 13 knots (24 km/h)

Complement: 907

Armament:

-9 × 6 in (150 mm) guns (3 triple turrets)

-8 × 4 in (100 mm) guns (4 twin turrets)

-8 × 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors AA guns (4 twin mounts)

-12 × 2 pounder AA guns ("pom-pom") (3 quadruple mounts)

-12 × 20 mm (0.79 in) AA (6 × 2) guns (6 twin mounts)

-6 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (2 triple mounts)


Armour:

-main belt: 83 mm (3.3 in)

-deck: 51 mm (2.0 in)

-turrets: 51 mm (2.0 in)

-director control tower: 102 mm (4.0 in)


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