HMIS Narbada

	Crew of HMIS Narbada with blistered gun barrels following the bombardment of Myebon, Hunters Bay, Burma.
History
Name	Narbada
Namesake	Narmada River
Ordered	19 August 1940
Builder	Thornycroft
Yard number	1385
Laid down	30 August 1941
Launched	21 November 1942
Commissioned	29 April 1943
Out of service	1948
Honours and; awards	Burma, 1944-45
Fate	Transferred to Pakistan, subsequently scrapped (1959)
Badge	On a Field Blue, rising from a base barry wavy of four, a trident gold, with a cobra proper entwined.
General characteristics
Type	Sloop-of-war
Displacement	1,250 tons original; 1,350 tons modified;
Length	299 ft 6 in (91.29 m)
Beam	37 ft 6 in (11.43 m) original; 38 ft 6 in (11.73 m) modified;
Draught	11 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion	Geared turbines, 2 shafts:; 3,600 hp (2.68 MW) (original); 4,300 hp (3.21 MW) (modified);
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h) (original); 20 knots (37 km/h) (modified);
Range	7,500 nmi (13,900 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)
Complement	180 (original); 192 (modified);
Armament	6 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk XVI AA guns (3 × 2); 4 × 2-pounder AA pom-pom; 4 × 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) AA machine guns (original); 12 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA (6 × 2) (modified);

HMIS Narbada (U40) was a Modified Bittern class sloop, later known as the Black Swan class, which served in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II.

Narbada was transferred to Pakistan in 1948 after the Partition of India, and served as PNS Jhelum.

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