| Navy | The Royal Indian Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Bangor |
| Pennant | J 155 |
| Mod | Turbine engined |
| Built by | Blyth Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd. (Blyth, U.K.) : Whites M.E. |
| Ordered | 20 Dec 1939 |
| Laid down | 28 Oct 1941 |
| Launched | 14 Jul 1942 |
| Commissioned | 23 Dec 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Transferred to Pakistan in 1948 being renamed Chittagong. Scrapped in 1956. |
| Former name | HMS Hartepool |
Commands listed for HMIS Kathiawar (J 155)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Alexander Wylie, RIN | 14 Dec 1942 | 2 Jul 1943 |
| 2 | Lt. Ronald Leslie Edwards, RIN | 2 Jul 1943 | 13 Oct 1943 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Robert Gordon Sharp, DSC, RINR | 13 Oct 1943 | 23 Oct 1944 |
| 4 | Lt. Adhar Kumar Chatterji, RIN | 23 Oct 1944 | mid 1945 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Russell John Ward, RINR | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Kathiawar include:
28 Dec 1944
HMS Voracious (Lt. F.D.G. Challis, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Colombo with HMIS Rajputana (A/Lt.Cdr. A. Chakraverti, RIN), HMIS Oudh (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J. Shackleton, RINVR), HMIS Kathiawar (Lt. A.K. Chatterji, RIN) and HMIS Konkan (T/Lt. W. Little, RINVR). (1)
29 Dec 1944
HMS Voracious (Lt. F.D.G. Challis, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Colombo with HMIS Rajputana (A/Lt.Cdr. A. Chakraverti, RIN), HMIS Oudh (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J. Shackleton, RINVR), HMIS Kathiawar (Lt. A.K. Chatterji, RIN) and HMIS Konkan (T/Lt. W. Little, RINVR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/19441
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.