| Navy | The Royal Indian Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Basset |
| Pennant | T 256 |
| Built by | Hooghly Docking & Engineering Company, Ltd. (Calcutta, India) |
| Ordered | 29 Jul 1940 |
| Laid down | 21 Dec 1940 |
| Launched | 31 Jul 1942 |
| Commissioned | Oct 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Decommissioned in 1946. |
Commands listed for HMIS Berar (T 256)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. John Nigel Atkinson, RINR | 1942 | 2 Apr 1943 |
| 2 | Lt. David Whyte, RIN | 2 Apr 1943 | 8 Sep 1943 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Dawoodhhai Sulleman Adam, RINR | 8 Sep 1943 | 14 Sep 1944 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Mohammed Zakaulla, RINR | 14 Sep 1944 | 10 May 1945 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Adrian Denis Auguste Van Geffen, RINR | 10 May 1945 | 30 Oct 1945 |
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