| Navy | The Royal Indian Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Basset |
| Pennant | T 251 |
| Built by | Burn & Co. (Calcutta, India) |
| Ordered | 16 Feb 1941 |
| Laid down | 17 Jul 1941 |
| Launched | 16 Jun 1943 |
| Commissioned | 21 Aug 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Decommissioned in 1946. |
Commands listed for HMIS Cuttack (T 251)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. James Edward Johnson, RINR | 1 Jun 1944 | 12 Jan 1945 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Ernest Wright, RINR | 12 Jan 1945 | 17 Sep 1945 |
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Notable events involving Cuttack include:
5 Nov 1943
Landing exercise ' Swordfish '.
Around 1515FG/5, the destroyers HMAS Napier (Lt.Cdr. A.H. Green, DSC, RAN, with Commodere (D) Eastern Fleet, Commodore S.H.T. Arliss, DSO, RN, on board), HMS Rotherham (Capt. F.S.W. de Winton, RN), HMAS Norman (Cdr. H.J. Buchanan DSO, RAN), HMAS Nepal (Cdr. F.B. Morris, RAN), minesweeper HMIS Khyber (T/Lt. H.C.H. Berry, RINR), M/S trawlers HMIS Calcutta (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J. Shackleton, RINVR), HMIS Cuttack (?) and the auxiliary patrol vessel HMIS St. Anthony (T/Lt. W.E. Vangeysel, RINR) departed Bombay to particiate in landing and bombardment exercises about 100 miles to the south of Bombay. They were escorting ' Force G ' which was made up of the following ships; Headquarters ships HMS Bulolo (Capt.(Retd.) R.L. Hamer, RN), landing ship HMS Keren (A/Cdr. S.E. Crewe-Read, RN), troop transports Dilwara (British, 11080 GRT, built 1936), Dunera (British, 11162 GRT, built 1937), Empire Pride (British, 9248 GRT, built 1941), Llanstephan Castle (British, 11340 GRT, built 1914) and the transports Empire Elaine (British, 7513 GRT, built 1942), Empire Prospero (British, 6766 GRT, built 1943), Jalapadma (British, 3935 GRT, built 1929) and Ocean Wanderer (British, 7178 GRT, built 1942).
During the landing operations (some of) the escorts conducted bombardment operations.
They all returned to Bombay around 1100FG/9. (1)
Sources
- Report of proceedings of HMAS Norman for November 1943