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Five were built for the [[Royal Indian Navy]], ''MMS-129'', ''130'', ''131'', ''132'' (renamed ''Barq'') and ''154''; ''MMS-151'' was transferred later. Four remained in service in 1949: ''Barq'' and ''MMS-130'', ''151'' and ''154''<ref>Preston, p. 98</ref><ref>McMurtrie and Blackman 1949, p. 98</ref>
 
During the war, ''MMS-43'', ''45'', ''75'', ''79'', ''112'', ''182'', ''187'', ''188'', ''189'' and ''193'' were manned by Belgian personnel. As late as 1949, ''MMS-182'', ''187'', ''188'', ''189'', ''191'', ''193'' and ''266'' were on loan to the [[Belgian Navy]].<ref>Gardiner & Chesneau 1980, pp. 72, 385</ref><ref>McMurtrie and Blackman 1949, p. 115</ref>