| Navy | The Royal Indian Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Bangor |
| Pennant | J 190 |
| Mod | Turbine engined |
| Built by | William Hamilton & Co. (Port Glasgow, Scotland) : Parsons |
| Ordered | 20 Dec 1939 |
| Laid down | 10 Dec 1940 |
| Launched | 17 Feb 1942 |
| Commissioned | 12 Aug 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped in 1949. |
| Former name | HMS Harwich |
Commands listed for HMIS Khyber (J 190)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman, RIN | 1942 | mid 1943 |
| 2 | T/Lt. William Russell Page, RINVR | mid 1943 | 12 Jun 1943 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Horace Charles Herbert Berry, RINR | 12 Jun 1943 | 7 Jul 1944 |
| 4 | T/Lt. William Donald Feather Clayton, RINR | 7 Jul 1944 | 14 Dec 1945 |
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Notable events involving Khyber include:
28 Nov 1942
HMS P 614 (Lt. H.W. Wilkinson, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Freetown together with HMS Milford (Cdr. (retired) the Hon. V.M. Wyndham-Quin, RN) and HMIS Khyber. (1)
4 Feb 1943
HrMs O 21 (Lt.Cdr. J.F. van Dulm, RNN) conducts A/S exercises of Diego Saurez with HMIS Khyber (Lt. B.S. Soma, RIN), HMS Lurched (T/Lt. J. Muir, RNVR) and HMS Mastiff (ii) (T/Lt. C.M. Motherwell, RNVR). (2)
Sources
- ADM 173/17528
- File 2.12.03.6413 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.