| Navy | The Royal Indian Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Bangor |
| Pennant | J 197 |
| Built by | Lobnitz & Co. Ltd. (Renfrew, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 24 Aug 1940 |
| Laid down | 21 Jun 1941 |
| Launched | 31 Dec 1941 |
| Commissioned | 30 Apr 1942 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Scrapped in 1961. |
| Former name | HMS Lyme Regis |
Commands listed for HMIS Rajputana (J 197)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| Philip Munday, RINR | 30 Jan 1943 | |||
| 1 | Lt. Walter George Coltham, RIN | 30 Jan 1943 | 21 Apr 1944 | |
| 2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Charles Fyfe-Smith, RINR | 21 Apr 1944 | 1 Jul 1944 | |
| 3 | T/Lt. John Vendrell, RINR | 1 Jul 1944 | Aug 1944 | |
| 4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Gordon Turton Tait, RINVR | 1 Sep 1944 | 5 Oct 1944 | |
| 5 | A/Lt.Cdr. Ajitendu Chakraverti, RIN | 5 Oct 1944 | ca. mid 46 | |
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Noteable events involving Rajputana include:
29 Sep 1943
HMIS Rajputana (Lt. W.G. Coltham, RIN) picks up 99 survivors from the British merchant Banffshire that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-532 north-west of the Maldive Islands in position 09º26'N, 71º20'E.
28 Dec 1943
HMIS Rajputana (Lt. W.G. Coltham, RIN) picks up 166 survivors from the American merchant José Navarro that was torpedoed and sunk the previous dayby the German submarine U-178 about 175 nautical miles south-west of Cochin, India in position 08º20'N, 73º55'E.