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File:HMS Bann
History
United Kingdom
Name	Bann
Namesake	River Bann
Builder	Charles Hill & Sons
Laid down	18 June 1942
Launched	29 December 1942
Commissioned	7 May 1943
Decommissioned	3 December 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K256
Fate	Transferred to the Royal Indian Navy
India
Name	Tir (later, INS Tir)
Namesake	Hindi तीर, "arrow"
Acquired	3 December 1945
Decommissioned	30 September 1977
Identification	Pennant number: K256
Fate	Scrapped 1979
General characteristics
Class and type	River-class frigate
Displacement	1,370 long tons (1,390 t; 1,530 short tons) 1,830 long tons (1,860 t; 2,050 short tons) (deep load)
Length	283 ft (86.26 m) p/p 301.25 ft (91.82 m)o/a
Beam	36.5 ft (11.13 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Speed	20 knots (37.0 km/h) 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h) (turbine ships)
Range	440 long tons (450 t; 490 short tons) oil fuel; 7,200 nautical miles (13,334 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement	107
Armament	2 × QF 4 in (102 mm) /40 Mk.XIX, single mounts CP Mk.XXIII up to 10 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on twin mounts Mk.V and single mounts Mk.III 1 × Hedgehog 24 spigot A/S projector up to 150 depth charges

HMIS Tir was a River-class frigate of the Royal Indian Navy (RIN). She was acquired from the Royal Navy where she served as HMS Bann during World War II. She was commissioned into the RIN in December 1945.

She was converted into a midshipman's training ship in Bombay in 1948. After the Indian independence she was inducted into the Indian Navy as INS Tir. In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

She was decommissioned in 1977. An oil painting of the ship hangs at the Indian Naval Headquarters in New Delhi.

References

1. Chaudhury, Dipanjan Roy (5 October 2022). "Indian Navy ships visit Kuwait pushing defence ties" – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
2. Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
3. "INS Tir". bharat-rakshak.com. Retrieved 13 February 2016.

Publications

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) . Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.

v t e River-class frigates
Royal Navy	Adur Aire Annan (K297) Annan (K404) Avon Awe Ballinderry Bann Barle (ex-PG-103) Braid Cam Chelmer Cuckmere (ex-PG-104) Dart Derg Deveron Duddon / Ribble (K525) Ettrick Evenlode (ex-Danville) Exe Fal Findhorn (ex-PG-106) Frome Glenarm / Strule Halladale Helford Helmsdale Inver (ex-PG-107) Itchen Jed Kale Lagan Lambourne / Dovey Lochy Lossie (ex-PG-108) Meon Monnow Mourne Moyola Nadder Nene Ness Nith Odzani Parret (ex-PG-109) Plym Ribble (K251) Rother Shiel (ex-PG-110) Spey Swale Taff Tavy Tay Tees Teme Test Teviot Torridge Towy Trent Tweed Usk Waveney Wear Windrush Wye
Royal Australian Navy	Completed Barcoo Barwon Burdekin Condamine Diamantina Gascoyne Hawkesbury Lachlan Macquarie Murchison Culgoa Shoalhaven Cancelled Balmain Bogan Campaspe Murrumbidgee Namoi Nepean Warburton Williamstown Wimmera Wollondilly
Royal Canadian Navy	Completed Adur Alvington (K677) / Royal Mount (K677) Annan (K297) Annan (K404) Antigonish Beacon Hill Beauharnois / Prestonian Cap de la Madeleine Cape Breton Capilano Carlplace Charlottetown Chebogue Coaticook Eastview Ettrick Giffard / Toronto Grou Hallowell Inch Arran Joliette Jonquiere Kokanee La Hulloise La Tuque / Fort Erie (K670) Lanark Lasalle Lauzon (K371) Lauzon (K414) / Glace Bay Leamington / Mégantic (K344) / Sea Cliff Lévis Longueuil Magog Meon Monnow Montreal Nene New Glasgow New Waterford Orkney Outremont Port Colborne Poundmaker Prince Rupert Ribble Rouyn (K676) / Penetang Royal Mount (K685) / Buckingham Runnymede Saint John Springhill St. Catharines St. Jerome / Kirkland Lake St. Pierre St. Stephen Ste. Therese Stettler Stone Town Stormont (K327) Stormont (K444) / Matane Strathadam Swansea Teme Thetford Mines Valdorian / Sussexvale (K683) Valleyfield Verdun / Dunver Victoriaville Waskesiu Wentworth Cancelled Alexandria Alvington Fort Erie Foster Hardrock Henryville Le Havre Lingabar Mégantic Merittonia Northumberland Pesaquid Plessisville Ranney Falls Rouyn Shipton St. Agathe St. Eduoard Sussexvale Tisdale Westbury Westville Wulastock
Free French Naval Forces	L'Aventure (ex-Braid) Croix de Lorraine (ex-Strule) La Découverte / Lucifer (ex-Windrush) L'Escarmouche / L'Ailette (ex-Frome) La Surprise (ex-Torridge) Tonkinois / La Confiance (ex-Moyola)
Royal Netherlands Navy	Johan Maurits van Nassau (ex-Ribble (K251))
South African Navy	Swale Teviot
United States Navy Asheville class	Asheville (ex-Adur) Natchez (ex-Annan (K297)) PG-103 PG-104 Danville PG-106 PG-107 PG-108 PG-109 PG-110
Post World War II operators  Argentine Navy Hércules (ex-Asheville) Juan B. Azopardo (ex-Hércules)  Royal Ceylon Navy /  Sri Lanka Navy Gajabahu (ex-Misnak) Mahasena (ex-Mivtakh)  Chilean Navy Covadonga (ex-Sea Cliff) Esmerelda / Baquedano (ex-Glace Bay) Iquique (ex-Joliette)  Royal Danish Navy Holger Danske (ex-Monnow) Niels Ebbesen (ex-Annan (K404))  Dominican Navy Juan Pablo Duarte (ex-Natchez) Presidente Trujillo / Mella (ex-Carlplace)  Egyptian Navy Abikir (ex-Usk) Domiat (ex-Nith) Rashied (ex-Spey)  Indian Navy Bengal (ex-Kokanee) Dhanush (ex-Deveron) Hooghly (ex-Waskesiu) Kukri / Khukri (ex-Trent) Neza (ex-Test) Shamsher (ex-Nadder) Tamar / Aire (ex-Aire) Tir (ex-Bann)  Israeli Navy Mivtakh (ex-Orkney) Misgav (ex-Strathadam) Misnak (ex-Hallowell)  Royal Moroccan Navy Al Maouna (ex-La Surprise)  Myanmar Navy Mayu (ex-Fal)  Royal New Zealand Navy Lachlan  Royal Norwegian Navy Glomma (ex-Ballinderry)  Pakistan Navy Shamsher Zulfiquar (ex-Dhanush)  Peruvian Navy Teniente Palacios / Palacios (ex-St. Pierre) Teniente Ferré / Ferré (ex-Poundmaker)  Portuguese Navy Diogo Gomes (ex-Awe) Nuno Tristão (ex-Avon)
Preceded by: None Followed by: Tacoma class (USN) / Colony class (RN) / Prestonian class (RCN)
List of frigates of the Royal Navy List of frigates of the Royal Australian Navy List of frigates of the Royal Canadian Navy List of patrol vessels of the United States Navy

v t e Frigates of the Indian Navy
Commissioned ships	Shivalik class Shivalik Satpura Sahyadri Talwar class Talwar (F40) Trishul (F43) Tabar Teg Tarkash Trikand Tushil Brahmaputra class Brahmaputra (1994) Betwa (F39) Beas (F37)
Decommissioned ships	Frigates River class HMIS Neza HMIS Dhanush HMIS Shamsher HMIS Kukri HMIS Hooghly HMIS Tir Blackwood class Khukri Kirpan Kuthar Whitby class Talwar (F140) Trishul (F143) Leopard class Brahmaputra (1957) Beas (1958) Betwa (1959) Nilgiri class Nilgiri Himgiri Udaygiri Dunagiri Vindhyagiri Taragiri Leander class Krishna Godavari class Godavari Ganga Gomati Sloops Anchusa class HMIS Elphinstone P class HMIS Baluchi HMIS Pathan Grimsby class HMIS Indus Aubrietia class HMIS Cornwallis Black Swan class HMIS Narbada HMIS Godavari HMIS Cauvery HMIS Sutlej HMIS Jumna HMIS Kistna Hastings class HMIS Hindustan Other sloops HMIS Clive HMIS Lawrence
Future ships	Nilgiri class INS Nilgiri INS Udaygiri INS Taragiri INS Mahendragiri INS Himgiri INS Dunagiri INS Vindhyagiri Project 17B class 7-8 ships
Footnotes Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Dhanush. Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Shamsher. Renamed as INS Kukri post republic. Renamed as INS Hooghly post republic. Renamed as INS Tir post republic. Transferred to Indian Coast Guard in 1978. Transferred to Indian Coast Guard in 1978. Later reclassified as frigates Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Jhelum. Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Sind. Renamed as INS Kaveri post republic. Renamed as INS Sutlej post republic. Renamed as INS Jumuna post republic. Renamed as INS Krisna post republic. Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Karsaz.

• River-class frigates of the Royal Indian Navy
• River-class frigates of the Indian Navy
• 1942 ships
• Training ships of the Indian Navy