| Navy | The Royal Indian Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Basset |
| Pennant | T 261 |
| Built by | Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (Calcutta, India) |
| Ordered | 16 Feb 1941 |
| Laid down | 4 Aug 1941 |
| Launched | 19 Dec 1941 |
| Commissioned | 20 Nov 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Decommissioned in 1947. |
Commands listed for HMIS Amritsar (T 261)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Eric Keith Simcock, RIN | 1 Mar 1942 | late 1943 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Jehangir Feroze Jehangir, RINVR | late 1943 | 28 Jan 1944 |
| 3 | T/Lt. William Reid Kelso, RINR | 28 Jan 1944 | early 1945 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Dennis Arthur Roberts, RINVR | early 1945 |
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Notable events involving Amritsar include:
15 Jul 1944
HrMs K XI (Lt.Cdr. P.G. de Back, RNN) departed Madras for Visakhapatnam. She was escorted by the Indian minesweeping trawler HMIS Amritsar (T/Lt. W.R. Kelso, RINR). (1)
24 Aug 1944
HrMs K XI (Lt.Cdr. P.G. de Back, RNN) departed Visakhapatnam for Madras. She was escorted by the Indian minesweeping trawler HMIS Amritsar (T/Lt. W.R. Kelso, RINR). (1)
28 Aug 1944
HrMs K XI (Lt.Cdr. P.G. de Back, RNN) departed Madras for Colombo. She was escorted by the Indian minesweeping trawler HMIS Amritsar (T/Lt. W.R. Kelso, RINR). (1)
Sources
- File 2.12.37.200 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)