| Navy | The Royal Indian Navy |
| Type | Auxiliary patrol vessel |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | |
| Built by | Grangemouth Dry Dock Co. (Grangemouth, Scotland) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 27 Jun 1911 |
| Commissioned | 27 Oct 1939 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed in August 1911 as passenger/cargo vessel. Displacement: 293 tons. Requisitioned by the RIN on 4 October 1939. Became and auxiliary minesweeper in 1943. Returned to her owner in 1945. |
Commands listed for HMIS Lilavati
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Hugh Murray Clark, RIN | 12 May 1940 | Nov 1940 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Harold James Gahan, RINR | Nov 1940 | late 41 ? |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Hector Eric Felsor Paine, RIN | late 41 ? | mid 42 ? |
| 4 | T/Lt. Narenda Nath, RINR | mid 42 ? | 7 Feb 1943 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Chandhri Shahabuddin Ahmad, RINR | 7 Feb 1943 | 15 Feb 1944 |
| 6 | G Sardanha, RINR | 15 Feb 1944 | 15 Sep 1944 |
| 7 | T/Lt. Bhupendra Nath Chaturvedi, RINR | 15 Sep 1944 | mid 45 ? |
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