Of the Royal Indian navy. She was launched at the shipyard of Workman Clark, Belfast on 11 March 1918 as the PC.69. On 5 August 1921 she was transferred to the Royal Indian navy and renamed Pathan on 30 May 1922.. Displacement 661 tons. Sunk by an Italian submarine on the Indian Ocean on 23 June 1940 according to Jane‘s Fighting Ships edition 1944/1945 but Colledge claimed in his Ships of the Royal Navy vol. 1 that she was lost on the same date by an explosion off Bombay.
Also classified as patrol boat which were to replace destroyers operating in coastal waters. This class had a displacement of 623 tons/613 long tons and as dimensions 230 (between perpendiculars)-244’6” (over all) x 23’9”x 8 ‘. The two sets steam turbines and two cylindrical boilers supplied 3.500 hp allowing while driving twin screws a speed of 20 knots. The design armament consisted of 1-4” gun, 14cm anti aircraft gun and 2-13” torpedo tubes.
The Dutch newspaper Delftsche Courant dated 25 June 1940 referred to tidings of the British Indian government of her loss calling her an escort vessel. Of her crew were two officers and a petty officer killed and one officer and six sailors wounded.
