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HMS Betony underway
History
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameBetony
Ordered8 December 1941
Builder Alexander Hall and Sons
Laid down26 September 1942
Launched22 April 1943
Commissioned24 August 1945
Out of service1947
Identification Pennant number: K274
Fate
  • Loaned to the Indian Navy 1945
  • Sold to the Royal Thai Navy 1947
Flag of Imperial India.svgBritish India
NameSind
Acquired24 August 1945
Commissioned24 August 1945
Out of service17 May 1946
Identification Pennant number: K274
FateTransferred back to the Royal Navy
Naval Ensign of Thailand.svgThailand
NamePrasae
Namesake Prasae River
Acquired1947
Commissioned1947
Out of service7 January 1951
FateScuttled
General characteristics
Class and type Flower-class corvette (modified)
Displacement1,015 long tons (1,031 t; 1,137 short tons)
Length208 ft (63.40 m)o/a
Beam33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught11 ft (3.35 m)
PropulsionSingle shaft, 2× oil fired water tube boilers, 1 triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine, 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement90
Sensors and
processing systems		One Type 271 SW2C radar, one Type 144 sonar
Armament

HMS Betony was a Flower-class corvette of the British Royal Navy. She was ordered in 1941, and commissioned in August 1945. She was immediately transferred to the Royal Indian Navy, where she was commissioned as HMIS Sind. [1] She was transferred back to the Royal Navy in May 1946, as the war ended just days after her transfer. She was then sold to the Royal Thai Navy in 1947 as HTMS Prasae (Thai : เรือหลวงประเเส), and eventually scuttled in 1951.

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History

Betony was ordered from Alexander Hall and Sons for the Royal Navy in 1941.

She was transferred to the Royal Indian Navy and the Eastern Fleet immediately upon commissioning in August 1945 and served as HMIS Sind. She developed engine trouble soon after her transfer. [2] With the end of World War II just days after her transfer and the imminent independence of India, she was transferred back to the Royal Navy in 1946.

HTMS Prasae aground on the Korean east coast, January 1951 80-G-432568.jpg
HTMS Prasae aground on the Korean east coast, January 1951

In 1947, she was sold to the Royal Thai Navy and commissioned as HTMS Prasae. On 7 January 1951, while serving in the Korean War during a snowstorm, she was beached near Yangyang on the east coast of North Korea. After unsuccessful attempts to pull her off the beach, she was scuttled.

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References

  1. ↑ "HMIS Sind (ii) (K 274)". Uboat.net. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "Eastern Fleet War Diary". naval-history.net. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
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