Allied Warships

HMIS Irrawadi (4.186)

Auxiliary patrol vessel

NavyThe Royal Indian Navy
TypeAuxiliary patrol vessel
Class[No specific class] 
Pennant4.186 
Built byAilsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (Troon, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched16 Sep 1913 
Commissioned29 Sep 1939 
End service 
History

Completed in November 1913 as passenger/cargo vessel.
Displacement: 1243 tons.
Dimentions: 68.6 x 10.4 feet.

Requisitioned by the RIN on 31 August 1939.
Returned to her owner in 1945. 

Commands listed for HMIS Irrawadi (4.186)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. Hubert John Douglas Hamilton, RIN2 Oct 193919 Nov 1941
2T/Lt. Arthur Milnes Robinson, RINR19 Nov 19412 Apr 1943
3H J Graham, RINR2 Apr 19433 Mar 1944
4T/Lt. Guy William Patrick O'Donoghue, RINR3 Mar 194425 Jan 1945
5T/A/Lt.Cdr. Reginal Sherring David, RINR25 Jan 1945late 45 ?

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