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{{Short description|Minesweeper of the Royal Indian Navy}}<br />
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|country= India<br />
|flag= {{shipboxflag| British India| naval-1928}}<br />
|name= ''Amritsar''<br />
|owner= [[Royal Indian Navy]]<br />
|namesake= [[Amritsar]], city in [[Punjab]], [[India]]<br />
|ordered= 16 February 1941<br />
|builder= Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. ([[Calcutta]]) <br />
|laid_down= 4 August 1941 <br />
|launched= 19 December 1941<br />
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|commissioned= 20 November 1942<br />
|decommissioned= 1947<br />
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|header_caption= <ref>{{Cite book|last=Conway|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946 (1980)|year=1980 |isbn=0-85177-146-7}}</ref><br />
|class={{sclass|Basset|trawler|0}} [[naval trawler]]<br />
|displacement={{convert|521|LT|t|0}}<br />
|length={{convert|160|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} <br />
|beam={{convert|27|ft|1|in|m|abbr=on}}<br />
|draught={{convert|10|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}} (mean) <br />
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|propulsion=1 triple expansion [[reciprocating engine]], 1 shaft, {{convert|850|ihp|0|abbr=on}}<br />
|speed={{convert|12.5|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}}<br />
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|complement=33 (RIN 48)<br />
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|armament=*1 × [[QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun|12-pounder]] gun,<br />
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'''HMIS ''Amritsar''''' (T261) was a {{sclass|Basset|trawler|0}} minesweeping trawler of the [[Royal Indian Navy]], one of twenty-two built during the [[Second World War]] She was laid down in August 1941, and launched in December 1941, serving until 1947 when she was decommissioned.<ref>{{cite web |title=HMIS Amritsar |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7994.html |website=Uboat.net |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=2 January 2026}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Mine warfare vessels of the Royal Indian Navy]]<br />
[[Category:World War II minesweepers of India]]<br />
[[Category:1941 ships]]<br />
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