| Navy | The Royal Indian Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Basset |
| Pennant | T 262 |
| Built by | Alcock Ashdown & Co.Ltd. (Bhavnagar, India) |
| Ordered | 28 Sep 1940 |
| Laid down | 12 Mar 1941 |
| Launched | 1 Dec 1941 |
| Commissioned | 21 Dec 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Decommissioned in 1946. |
Commands listed for HMIS Karachi (T 262)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Richard William Peel Yates, RIN | 1942 | 17 Feb 1943 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Narenda Nath, RINR | 17 Feb 1943 | 17 Nov 1943 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Chandhri Shahabuddin Ahmad, RINR | 17 Nov 1943 | 21 Jan 1944 |
| 4 | T/Lt. William Sumner Cedric Edge, RINR | 21 Jan 1944 | mid 1944 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Edward Alexander Frank Weller, RINR | mid 1944 | mid 1945 |
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