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{{Short description|Indian Navy survey ship}}
{{other ships|INS Investigator}}
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|Ship name= CS ''Patrick Stewart''
|Ship namesake= Patrick Stewart, the first Director-General of the [[Indian Telegraph Service]]
|Ship owner= {{Flagicon|British India|civil}} [[British Raj|Government of India]] (1925-1930)
|Ship operator= [[Indo-European Telegraph Company]] (1925-1930), [[Eastern Telegraph Company]] (1930-1934)
|Ship registry= {{Flagicon|British India|civil}} [[Bombay]] (1925-1930), {{Flagicon|United Kingdom|civil}} [[Port of London|London]] (1930-1934)
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|Ship laid down= 1924
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|Ship out of service= 1934
|Ship identification=*[[Official Number]] 5606405
|Ship fate= Sold to the [[Royal Indian Marine]]
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|Ship country= India
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|Ship name= HMIS ''Investigator''
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'''HMIS ''Investigator''''' (known as '''INS ''Investigator''''' after [[Independence of India|independence]]) was a survey ship of the [[Royal Indian Navy]]. Launched as the [[cable layer]] ''Patrick Stewart'' in 1925, she was acquired by the RIN in 1934, serving in the surveying role until 1951, when she was sold.<ref>{{cite book |title=Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II |publisher=Jane's Publishing Company |isbn=185170194X |page=94}}</ref>

== History ==
The cable ship CS ''Patrick Stewart'' was built by W. Simons of Renfrew in 1925 for the government-owned Indo-European Telegraph Company to replace an earlier ship of the same name, built in 1879.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Glover |first1=Bill |title=CS Patrick Stewart |url=https://atlantic-cable.com/Cableships/PatrickStewart(2)/index.htm |website=atlantic-cable.com |access-date=24 August 2021}}</ref> The cable laying equipment was supplied by Clarke, Chapman and Company. ''Patrick Stewart'' continued to serve with the IETC maintaining the Persian Gulf submarine cables until 1930, when the she was sold by the struggling IETC to the Eastern Telegraph Company amid serious financial problems.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Harris |first1=Christina Phelps |title=The Persian Gulf Submarine Telegraph of 1864 |journal=The Geographical Journal |volume=135 |issue=2 |pages=169–190 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1796823 |publisher=The Royal Geographical Society}}</ref>

After four years' service with the ETC, ''Patrick Stewart'' was sold to the Royal Indian Navy, converted to a survey ship, and renamed HMIS Investigator. ''Investigator'' served throughout the [[Second World War]], being based at [[Calcutta]] in 1940 under the command of [[Martin Henry St. Leger Nott]] from 2 February 1940 to April of that year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Navy Lists > Bimonthly> 1940> October|url=https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/92808138}}</ref>

From 1941 onwards, she served as an anti-submarine patrol [[sloop of war|sloop]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Caledonian Maritime Research Trust - Screw Steamer Patrick Stewart |url=http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?a1PageSize=75&a1Page=372&ref=17050&vessel=PATRICK+STEWART |website=clydeships.co.uk |access-date=24 August 2021}}</ref> For this role, armament, including a 4.7 inch gun, was installed.<ref>{{cite web |title=HMIS Investigator |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/22365.html |website=uboat.net}}</ref>

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
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HMIS Investigator - Revision history

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