| Navy | The Royal Indian Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Basset |
| Pennant | T 260 |
| Built by | Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (Calcutta, India) |
| Ordered | 16 Feb 1941 |
| Laid down | 7 Jun 1941 |
| Launched | 3 Apr 1942 |
| Commissioned | 24 Dec 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Decommissioned in 1946. |
Commands listed for HMIS Poona (T 260)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Mukat Mohan Kaul, RIN | 1 Dec 1942 | 21 Feb 1943 |
| 2 | Lt. Frederick Andrew Kilburn, RNR | 21 Feb 1943 | 2 May 1943 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Zahidbeg Nadarbeg Mirza, RINR | 2 May 1943 | mid 1944 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Roger Philps Baker, RINVR | mid 1944 | late 1944 |
| 5 | T/Lt. George Oswald Rollo Black, RINVR | late 1944 | early 1945 |
| 6 | T/Lt. Shamser Ali, RINVR | early 1945 | 30 Apr 1945 |
| 7 | T/Lt. Dawoodhhai Sulleman Adam, RINR | 30 Apr 1945 |
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Notable events involving Poona include:
28 Dec 1943
HrMs O 21 (Lt.Cdr. J.F. van Dulm, RNN) conducted post repair trials off Colombo. Also A/S exercises were carried out with Poona (T/Lt. Z.N. Mirza, RINR) and HMIS Sonavati (T/Lt. A. Brittain, RINR). (1)
Sources
- File 2.12.27.141 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)