HMIS Lawrence [SEP] manufacturer
Emergency War Programme of the First World War, being launched at William Beardmore and Company on 30 July 1919 and completed on 27 December 1919. In the immediate post-war years, "Lawrence" was used by the Royal Indian Marine for servicing buoys and lighthouses and as a transport for high officials in the Persian Gulf.
On the outbreak of the Second World War, the "Lawrence", whose armament had been increased by the addition of four 3-pounder guns and a second 2-pounder pom-pom, deployed to Masirah
HMIS Lawrence
HMIS "Lawrence" (L83) was a sloop, commissioned in 1919 into the Royal Indian Marine (RIM).
She served during World War II in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN), the successor to the RIM. Her pennant number was changed to U83 in 1940. Although originally built as a minesweeper, she was primarily used as a convoy escort during the war. She was scrapped soon after the end of the war.
History.
HMIS "Lawrence" was ordered under the