| Navy | The Royal Indian Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Bangor |
| Pennant | J 200 |
| Built by | Lobnitz & Co. Ltd. (Renfrew, Scotland) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 15 May 1941 |
| Launched | 20 Nov 1941 |
| Commissioned | 14 Mar 1942 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Scrapped in 1949. |
| Former name | HMS Clydebank |
Commands listed for HMIS Orissa (J 200)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. David Whyte, RIN | <14 Mar 42 | 1 Dec 1942 |
| 2 | Lt. Albert Vernon Baker, RIN | 1 Dec 1942 | Ca. mid 44 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Chandhri Shahabuddin Ahmad, RINR | Ca. mid 44 | 24 Sep 1944 |
| 4 | T/Lt. George Saldanha, RINR | 24 Sep 1944 | 25 Dec 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Orissa include:
11 Jun 1942
HMIS Orissa (Lt. D. Whyte) picks up 20 survivors from the British tanker Geo H. Jones that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-455
north-north-east of the Azores in position 45º40'N, 22º40'W.
22 Feb 1944
The Australian minesweeper HMAS Tamworth and the Indian minesweeper HMIS Orissa both pick up survivors from the American tanker E.G. Seubert that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-510 about 200 nautical miles east of Aden in position 13º50'N, 48º49'E.