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Shalimar (P 242)

Built By: Chatham Dockyard (Medway)
Build Group: S3
Fate: Scrapped Troon 7/50
Shalimar (P 242)
Shalimar (P 242)

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Commanders
1943: Lieutenant   William Gordon Meeke

1944-1945: Indian Ocean.

Events

 17-04-1942   Laid Down
 22-04-1943   Launched
 22-04-1944   Completed
 02-11-1944   HMS Shalimar damages 5 Japanese landing craft with gunfire in the harbour at Car Nicobar Island.
 04-12-1944   HMS Shalimar sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
 05-12-1944   HMS Shalimar sinks three Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
 10-12-1944   HMS Shalimar sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
 14-12-1944   HMS Shalimar sinks the Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Choun Maru No.7 with gunfire off Belawan, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.
 15-12-1944   HMS Shalimar sinks a Japanese tug and two barges with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
 18-01-1945   HMS Shalimar sinks four Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire south of the Malakka Strait.
 27-01-1945   HMS Shalimar sinks a Japanese vessel with gunfire south of the Malakka Strait.
 01-08-1945   HMS Shalimar sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the southern part of the Strait of Malacca.
 03-08-1945   HMS Shalimar sinks a Japanese tug and a barge with gunfire in the southern part of the Strait of Malacca.
 05-08-1945   HMS Shalimar sinks three small Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire.
 07-08-1945   HMS Shalimar sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the southern part of the Strait of Malacca.
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