| Navy | The Royal Indian Navy |
| Type | Auxiliary patrol vessel |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | 4.109 |
| Built by | Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Govan, Scotland) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 14 Jul 1936 |
| Commissioned | 12 Oct 1939 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed on 17 September 1936 as passenger/cargo vessel. Displacement: 840 tons. Dimentions: 68.5 x 10.2 feet. Requisitioned by the RIN on 18 September 1939. Returned to her owner in 1945. |
Commands listed for HMIS Dipavati (4.109)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. John Thomas Flockhart, RINR | 13 Feb 1940 | 4 May 1940 |
| 2 | Lt. Anthony Brian Goord, RIN | 4 May 1940 | 24 May 1941 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Philip Munday, RINR | 24 May 1941 | 18 Dec 1942 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Vladimir Vladimirovitch Pogoretsky, RINR | 18 Dec 1942 | Mar 1943 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Richard John Ledder, RINR | Mar 1943 | 29 Jan 1944 |
| 6 | T/Lt. Ronald Benin Colin Lee, RINR | 29 Jan 1944 | 10 Jul 1944 |
| 7 | A J C Moore, RINVR | 10 Jul 1944 | 7 Jan 1945 |
| 8 | T/Lt. (E) Augustine Coelho, RINR | 7 Jan 1945 | 4 May 1945 |
| 9 | J McCaffrey, RNVR | 4 May 1945 |
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Notable events involving Dipavati include:
27 Dec 1944
After repairs to her port generator, HMS Virtue (Lt. R.D. Cairns, DSC, RN), conducted A/S exercises off Bombay with HMIS Dipavati (T/Lt. A.J.C. Moore, RINR). (1)
28 Dec 1944
HMS Virtue (Lt. R.D. Cairns, DSC, RN), conducted A/S exercises off Bombay with HMS Meadowsweet (T/Lt. W.E. Saunders, RNVR) and HMIS Dipavati (T/Lt. A.J.C. Moore, RINR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 173/19408
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.