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Indian Navy : Ranks 7th among the all navy's in the world.


Indian Navy :
Founded  :5 September 1612
Size        :67,252 active personnel
                55,000 reserve personnel
                137 ships(excl auxiliaries)
                246 aircraft 
Motto     :May the Lord of the Water be auspicious unto us
 The president is the supreme commander of the Indian Navy.

The primary objective of the navy is to safeguard the nation's maritime borders, and in conjunction with other Armed Forces of the union, act to deter or defeat any threats or aggression against the territory, people or maritime interests of India, both in war and peace. Through joint exercises, goodwill visits and humanitarian missions, including disaster relief, Indian Navy promotes bilateral relations between nations.

HISTORY :
The Indian maritime history is from 6000 years ago by Indus Valley civilization.The Indian Navy originated on 1612.
Major wars fought those days are
 First Opium War of 1840

RANK :

Officers:
Personnel:
List of warships and aircraft's :

Aircraft carriers

ShipPennantClassCommissionedDecommissionedFateNotes
INS VikrantR11Majestic class4 March 196131 January 1997Converted to IMS-Indian Museum Ship briefly but subsequently scrapped in 2014.formerly HMS Hercules although never commissioned into the Royal Navy.
INS ViraatR22Centaur class12 May 19876 March 2017Yet to be Decided

Submarines

BoatPennantClassCommissionedDecommissionedFateNotes
Nuclear Submarines
INS ChakraS71Charlie class1 September 1987Returned to Soviet Union in January 1991Scrapped in Russia.leased from the Soviet Union.
Conventional Submarines
INS KhanderiS22Kalvari class6 December 196818 October 1989scrapped but sail fin on display
INS KalvariS23Kalvari class8 December 196731 May 1996scrapped but sail fin on display
INS KursuraS20Kalvari class18 December 196927 September 2001Converted to Museum Ship at Ramakrishna Mission BeachVisakhapatnam.
INS KaranjS21Kalvari class4 September 19691 August 2003
INS VagsheerS43Vela class26 December 197430 April 1997
INS VagirS41Vela class3 November 19737 June 2001
INS VelaS40Vela class31 August 197325 June 2010
INS VagliS42Vela class10 August 19749 December 2010To be preserved as a museum in Tamil Nadu.
INS SindhurakshakS63Sindhughosh class24 December 19976 March 2017SunkExploded and sank on 14 August 2013. After being salvaged in June 2014, she was decommissioned in March 2017 and disposed of at sea that June.

Cruisers

ShipPennantClassCommissionedDecommissionedFateNotes
Cruisers
INS Delhi
Originally commissioned as HMIS Delhi
C74Leander class5 July 194830 June 1978ScrappedPurchased from the U.K. Formerly HMS Achilles of the Battle of the River Plate fame. Turrets on Display at Devonport Naval Base, Auckland, New Zealand, and at Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, India.
INS MysoreC60Fiji class29 August 195720 August 1985ScrappedPurchased from the U.K. Formerly HMS Nigeria.

Destroyers

ShipPennantClassCommissionedDecommissionedFateNotes
Destroyers
INS RajputD141R class28 July 194930 June 1973scrapped 1979
INS RanjitR class4 July 194930 September 1975scrapped 1979
INS RanaD115R class9 September 194930 September 1971scrapped 1979
INS GodavariD92Hunt class27 April 195331 Aug 1976scrapped 1979leased and then purchased from the Royal Navy. Formerly HMS Bedale. Was operated by Polish Navy during World War II as ORP Ślązak.
INS GomatiD93Hunt class24 April 195331 May 1972scrapped 1975leased and then purchased from the Royal Navy. Formerly HMS Lamerton.
INS GangaD94Hunt class18 June 195331 July 1972scrapped 1975leased and then purchased from the Royal Navy. Formerly HMS Chiddingfold.

Frigates

ShipPennantClassCommissionedDecommissionedFateNotes
Frigates
HMIS TamarK262River class1946Dec 1946Constructive Total Loss after running aground off Hainan Islandwas previously HMS Aire prior to Indian service.
HMIS NezaK239River class19461947Returned to the Royal Navy in April 1947. Scrapped 1955.Served as HMS Test in the Royal Navy before transfer to India.
HMIS ShamsherK392River class19451947Transferred to Pakistan and served as PNS Shamsher. Scrapped 1959.Served as HMS Nadder in the Royal Navy before transfer to India.
HMIS DhanushK265River class19451948Transferred to Pakistan and served as PNS Dhanush.Served as HMS Deveron in the Royal Navy before transfer to India.
HMIS Kukri
renamed INS Kukri post republic.
K243River class19461951Converted to survey vessel post republic. Recommissioned as INS Investigator Served as HMS Trent in the Royal Navy before being transferred to India.
HMIS Bengal
renamed INS Bengal post republic.
K419River classPurchased 1948unknownscrappedServed as HMCS Kokanee for the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. Converted to a pilot vessel in Indian service.
HMIS Hooghly
renamed INS Hooghly post republic.
K330River classPurchased 1948unknownscrappedServed as HMCS Waskesiu for the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II.
INS KhukriF149Blackwood Class16 July 1958Sunk in action on 9 December 1971 during Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
HMIS Tir
renamed INS Tir post republic.
K256River class3 December 194530 September 1977scrappedServed as HMS Bann in the Royal Navy during World War II. Served as training ship in the Indian Navy.
INS KirpanF144Blackwood ClassJuly 19591978Transferred to Coast Guard Service 1978.
INS KutharF146Blackwood ClassNovember 195918 Aug 1978Transferred to Coast Guard Service 1978.
INS TalwarF140Whitby class26 April 195930 Oct 1985Broken up for scrap 1992
INS TrishulF143Whitby class13 January 196031 Aug 1992Broken up for scrap 1996
INS BrahmaputraF31Leopard class31 March 195830 Jun 1986Ordered HMS Panther, but transferred to India. Broken Up 1986
INS BeasF37Leopard class24 May 196022 Dec 1992Broken Up 1992
INS BetwaF39Leopard class8 December 196031 December 1991[2]Broken Up 1988
INS NilgiriF33Nilgiri class23 June 197231 May 1996Sunk on 24 April 1997, by a Sea Eagle AShM fired from a Sea Harrier Frs Mk.51 of the Indian Navy.
INS HimgiriF34Nilgiri class23 November 19746 May 2005
INS UdaygiriF35Nilgiri class18 February 197624 August 2007
INS DunagiriF36Nilgiri class5 May 197720 October 2010
INS VindhyagiriF42Nilgiri class8 July 198114 Jun 2012Collided with a merchant ship while in Mumbai harbour on 30 January 2011; sank after on-board fire. No casualties. Re-floated and decommissioned with full honours in 2012.
INS KrishnaF46Leander class22 August 199524 May 2012Purchased as a cadet training ship from the Royal Navy. Was previously HMS Andromeda.
INS TaragiriF41Nilgiri class16 May 198027 June 2013
INS GodavariF20Godavari class10 December 198323 December 2015
INS GangaF22Godavari class30 December 198522 March 2018
Sloops (later reclassified as frigates)
HMIS ElphinstoneAnchusa classMay 1922wrecked on Nicobar Islands 29 January 1925.
HMIS BaluchiPC.55P ClassMay 19221935Sold for scrapping
HMIS PathanPC.69
K26
P Class5 August 1921sunk by Italian submarine Galvani on 23 June 1940.
HMIS IndusU67Grimsby class15 March 1935Sunk by Japanese aircraft during Burma Campaign, 6 April 1942
HMIS CornwallisL09
U09 (1940)
Aubrietia Class19211946scrapped
HMIS LawrenceL83
U83 (1940)
Unique Patrol Sloop27 December 19191947scrapped
HMIS CliveL79
U79 (1940)
Unique Patrol Sloop20 April 19201947scrapped
HMIS NarbadaU40Black Swan class29 April 19431948Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Jhelum
HMIS GodavariU53Black Swan class28 June 19431948Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Sind.Sunk the German submarine U-198 while in Indian service during World War II.
HMIS HindustanL80Hastings class10 October 19301948Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Karsaz till 1960.Was involved in the Royal Indian Navy mutiny.
HMIS Cauvery
renamed INS Kaveri post republic.
U10Black Swan class26 August 194330 Sep 1977scrapped
HMIS Sutlej
renamed INS Sutlej post republic.
U95Black Swan class23 April 194101 Dec 1978scrapped
HMIS Jumna
renamed INS Jamuna post republic.
U21Black Swan class13 May 194131 Dec 1980[2]scrappedHelped sink the Japanese submarine Ro-110 in 1944 while in Indian service.
HMIS Kistna
renamed INS Krisna post republic.
U46Black Swan class26 August 194331 Dec 1981[2]scrapped

Corvette

ShipPennantClassCommissionedDecommissionedFateNotes
Corvettes
HMIS GondwanaK348Flower class15 May 19451946returned to Royal Navy and sold to the Thai Navy as HTMS Bangpakong
HMIS SindK274Flower class24 August 19451946returned to Royal Navy and sold to the Thai Navy as HTMS Prasae
HMIS MahrattaK395Flower class1946Constructive total loss after running aground in 1947.
HMIS AssamK306Flower class19 February 19451947returned to Royal Navy and scrapped
HMIS PunjabJ239Bathurst class20 March 19421949Transferred to Pakistan post-partition
HMIS Bombay
renamed INS Bombay post republic.
J249Bathurst class24 April 19421960scrappedWas involved in defence during the Attack on Sydney Harbour
HMIS Bengal
renamed INS Bengal post republic.
J243Bathurst class8 August 19421960scrappedSank the Imperial Japanese Navy commerce raider Hōkoku Maru in 1942 while in Indian service.
HMIS Madras
renamed INS Madras post republic.
J237Bathurst class12 May 19421960scrapped
INS ArnalaP68Arnala class29 June 19729 April 1999
INS AndrothP69Arnala class30 June 19729 April 1999
INS AnjadipP73Arnala class23 December 197213 December 2003
INS AndamanP74Arnala class28 December 1973Lost in a storm 22 August 1990
INS AminiP75Arnala class12 December 197416 September 2002
INS KamortaP77Arnala class21 November 196831 October 1991
INS KadmattP78Arnala class23 December 196830 November 1992
INS KiltanP79Arnala class30 October 196930 June 1987Participated in Operation Trident (1971).
INS KavarattiP80Arnala class23 December 196931 July 1986Participated in Operation Trident (1971).
INS KatchallP81Arnala class23 December 196931 December 1988
INS AmindiviP83Arnala class1986–88
INS HosdurgK73Durg class15 January 19785 June 1999Sunk in a Sea Eagle AShM test in June 2000.
INS VijaydurgK71Durg class25 December 197630 September 2002
INS SindhudurgK72Durg class29 May 197724 September 2004
INS PraharK98Veer Class1 March 1997Sunk in collision on 22 April 2006
INS VeerK40Veer Class26 March 198728 April 2016
INS NipatK42Veer Class5 December 198828 April 2016
Anti-Submarine Naval Trawler
HMIS AgraT254Basset class
HMIS AhmedabadT264Basset class
HMIS AmritsarT261Basset class
HMIS BarodaT249Basset class1948Transferred to Pakistan
HMIS BerarT256Basset class
HMIS CalcuttaT339Basset class
HMIS CochinT315Basset class
HMIS CuttackT251Basset class
HMIS KarachiT262Basset class
HMIS LahoreT253Basset class
HMIS LucknowT267Basset class
HMIS MaduraT268Basset class
HMIS MultanT322Basset class
HMIS NagpurT269Basset class
HMIS NasikT258Basset class
HMIS PatnaT255Basset class
HMIS PeshawarT263Basset class
HMIS PoonaT260Basset class
HMIS QuettaT332Basset class
HMIS RampurT212Basset class1948Transferred to Pakistan
HMIS ShillongT250Basset class
HMIS TravancoreT312Basset class

Minesweepers

ShipPennantClassCommissionedDecommissionedFateNotes
Ocean Going Minesweeper
HMIS Oostcapelle unique shipbefore 1939before 1947
HMIS Irawadi unique shipbefore 1939before 1947
HMIS KathiawarJ155Bangor Class23 December 19421948Transferred to Pakistan as PNS Chittagong.
HMIS BaluchistanJ182Bangor Class28 October 19421948Transferred to Pakistan as PNS Baluchistan.
HMIS OudhJ245Bangor Class21 October 19431948Transferred to Pakistan as PNS Dacca.
HMIS MalwaJ55Bangor Class19451948Transferred to Pakistan as PNS Peshawar.
HMIS DeccanJ129Bangor Class30 March 19451948Sold in 1949 as the mercantile Kennery.
HMIS OrissaJ200Bangor Class14 March 19421949Scrapped
HMIS KhyberJ190Bangor Class12 August 19421949Scrapped
HMIS CarnaticJ199Bangor Class27 October 19421949Scrapped
HMIS KumaonJ164Bangor Class30 November 19421949Scrapped
HMIS BiharJ247Bangor Class27 February 19441949Scrapped
HMIS RajputanaJ197Bangor Class30 April 19421961Scrapped
HMIS KonkanJ228Bangor Class12 June 194231 Jul 1972Scrapped
HMIS RohilkhandJ180Bangor Class5 February 19431963Scrapped
INS PondicherryM61Pondicherry class2 February 19785 October 2007
INS PorbandarM62Pondicherry class19 December 19782007
INS BediM63Pondicherry class27 April 197922 September 2009
INS BhavnagarM64Pondicherry class27 April 197926 December 2009
INS RatnagiriM66Pondicherry class10 June 198022 May 2012
INS AllepeyM65Pondicherry class10 June 198013 March 2015
INS KarwarM67Pondicherry class14 July 19869 May 2017
INS CannonareM68Pondicherry class17 December 198723 March 2018
INS CuddaloreM69Pondicherry class29 October 198723 March 2018
INS KakinadaM70Pondicherry class23 December 19869 May 2017
INS KonkanM72Pondicherry class8 October 198823 March 2018
INS KozhikodeM71Pondicherry class19 December 198813 April 2019Last ship of this class to be decommissioned.
Coastal Minesweeper
INS CuddaloreM90Ton class195630 June 1979ex-Royal Navy HMS Wennington
INS CannanoreM91Ton class195631 Mar 1981ex-Royal Navy HMS Whitton
INS KarwarM92Ton class195631 Mar 1981ex-Royal Navy HMS Overton
INS KakinadaM93Ton class195630 June 1979ex-Royal Navy HMS Durweston
INS MulkiM87Mahé Class10 May 198416 May 2003
INS MagdalaM88Mahé Class10 May 198431 Oct 2001
INS MalvanM84Mahé Class16 May 198303 Jan 2003
INS MangrolM85Mahé Class16 May 198307 Apr 2004
INS MahéM83Mahé Class16 May 198315 May 2006
INS MalpeM86Mahé Class10 May 198404 Dec 2006
Inshore Minesweeper
INS BasseinM2707Ham class14 June 1955[13]1994ex-Royal Navy HMS Littleham
INS BimlipatanM2705Ham class14 June 1955[13]1994ex-Royal Navy HMS Hildersham

Fast Attack Craft

ShipPennantClassCommissionedDecommissionedFateNotes
Missile Boat
INS VeerK82Vidyut Class2 April 197131 December 1982Sunk PNS Muhafiz during Operation Trident (1971).
INS NirbhikK88Vidyut Class20 February 197131 December 1986
INS NipatK86Vidyut Class26 April 197129 February 1988Destroyed the ammunition ship MV Venus Challenger, and the destroyer PNS Shah Jahan and the Karachi oil tanks during Operation Trident (1971).
INS NirghatK89Vidyut Class29 January 197131 July 1989Sunk the PNS Khaibar during Operation Trident (1971).
INS VinashK85Vidyut Class20 January 197115 January 1990Sunk the merchant MV Gulf Star, MV Harmattan, and badly damaged the Pakistani Fleet Tanker PNS Dacca, which was later scrapped, during Operation Python in 1971.
INS NashakK87Vidyut Class19 March 197131 December 1990
INS VidyutK83Vidyut Class16 February 197131 March 1991
INS VijetaK84Vidyut Class27 March 197130 June 1992
INS PratapK92Chamak Class17 February 197617 May 1996
INS CharagK97Chamak Class17 October 197717 May 1996
INS PrachandK90Chamak Class17 February 197629 December 1999
INS PrabalK93Chamak Class17 February 197629 December 1999
INS PralayaK91Chamak Class17 February 19768 June 2001
INS ChapalK94Chamak Class4 November 19765 May 2005Preserved at Karwar, Karnataka
INS ChamakK95Chamak Class4 November 19765 May 2005
INS ChatakK96Chamak Class9 February 19775 May 2005

Amphibious Warfare Ship

ShipPennantClassCommissionedDecommissionedFateNotes
Landing Ship Tank
HMIS MagarL3011Landing ship, tank194931 March 1976Former British tank landing ship HMS Avenger.Also took active part in 1971 Indo-Pakistan war Eastern Theater.
Landing Ship Medium
INS GharialL12Polnocny196630 Sep 1987Originally L3022, Polish Built - Polnocny A
INS GuldarL13Polnocny196630 Dec 1985Originally L3033, Polish Built - Polnocny A
INS GhorpadL14Kumbhir class1975Polish Built - Polnocny C
INS KesariL15Kumbhir classSeptember 1975Polish Built - Polnocny C
INS ShardulL16Kumbhir classDecember 1975Polish Built - Polnocny C
INS SharabhL17Kumbhir classMarch 1976Polish Built - Polnocny C
INS MahishL19Kumbhir class4 June 198511 November 2016[14]Polish Built - Polnocny C
Landing Ship Infantry
HMIS El Hindmerchant requisitioned as Landing ship, infantry194314 April 1944 destroyed in Bombay Explosion (1944)
Landing Ship Infantry
INS ShardulL14Shardul classJan 2007
INS KesariL15Shardul classApr 2008
INS AiravatShardul classJune 2009
Landing Craft Tank (re-designated Landing Craft Utility)
INS LCU 31[15][16]L31LCU Mk.119781 Feb 1999Ordered in 1974
INS LCU 32[15][16]L326 November 1981May 2011
INS LCU 33L33LCU Mk.21 December 1980mid April 2014Ordered in 1975
INS LCU 34[15][16]L3428 January 1980May 2011
INS LCU 35L35
INS LCU 36L36LCU Mk.39 February 2018Ordered in 1982
INS LCU 37L37
INS LCU 38L3830 March 2019
INS LCU 39L39

Auxiliaries

ShipPennantClassCommissionedDecommissionedFateNotes
Troopship
HMIS DalhousieUnique ship18861945scrapped in 1945Later depot ship at Basra, Bombay and Karachi
Tanker
HMIS Chilka
Renamed INS Chilka post republic.
Unique ship19481976scrapped in 1977
INS ShaktiUnique ship29 January 195431 December 1967scrapped c.1975Italian-built tanker purchased new in 1953
INS DeepakA50Deepak class20 November 196730 April 1996
INS ShaktiA57Deepak class31 December 197521 July 2007
Submarine Tender
AmbaA54Modified Ugra class28 December 1968July 2006scrapped
Survey Ships
HMIS InvestigatorUnique ship19321951
INS InvestigatorModified River class195130 September 1974scrappedformer HMS Trent purchased in 1946 and renamed HMIS Kukri. Modified and converted to Survey Ship in 1950.
INS DarshakUnique ship196415 Jan 1990
INS MakarJ31Makar Class [26][27]31 January 19844 April 2005
INS MithunJ32Makar Class31 March 198431 March 2007
INS MeenJ33Makar Class23 June 198424 April 2005expended as a target for Brahmos test.
INS MeshJ34Makar Class31 October 19841 February 1999
INS NirdeshakJ19Sandhayak-class survey ships4 October 198319 December 2014 
Torpedo Recovery Vessel
INS A-71A71Astravahini-class15 September 198225 March 2005
INS A-72A72Astravahini-class23 February 19836 Nov 2014sunk in an accident on 6 Nov 2014
INS A-73A73Astravahini-class5 November 198416 July 2015
  • HMIS Parvati 
  • HMIS Netravati

Patrol Ships

ShipPennantClassCommissionedDecommissionedFateNotes
Offshore Patrol Vessel
HMIS RAMDASrequsitioned armed merchant ship 19401945returned to merchant service.
HMIS Jamnagarrequisitioned armed merchant ship19401947sold and became M/V Hellenic Bulbul.
HMIS Ratnagirirequisitioned armed merchant ship1940
HMIS Hiravatirequisitioned armed merchant ship1940
HMIS Prabhavatirequisitioned armed merchant ship1940
HMIS Dipavati auxiliary patrol vessel
HMIS Sonvatiauxiliary patrol vessel
INS SarayuP54Sukanya class8 October 19912000Sold to Sri Lanka in 2000 and in service as the flagship of Sri Lanka NavySLNS Sayura
Patrol Vessel
INS TarmugliT64Trinkat class4 March 200223 February 2005Transferred to Seychelles Coast Guard, as SCG PS Topaz
INS SeawardT54Seaward defence boatSeptember 198220 January 2006Sunk to be made into an artificial reef
INS TillanchangT62Trinkat class17 March 200116 April 2006Transferred to Maldivian Coast Guard, as CGS Huravee
INS SeawavesT57Seaward defence boat24 August 2006
INS SeawaterT55Seaward defence boat2008–2009
INS SeawindT56Seaward defence boat2008–2009
INS SeasandT59Seaward defence boat7 September 2009
INS SearockT60Seaward defence boat7 September 2009
INS SeastormT58Seaward defence boat20 July 2010
INS TarasaT63Trinkat class24 August 20017 November 2014Transferred to Seychelles Coast Guard as PS Constant

Major Achievements :
PNS GHAZI
1.Opertion Cactus
2.Operation Talwar
3.Operation Python
4.Operation Trident
5.Operation Parakram
6.Operation Raahat
 
Conclusion :
Indian Navy has planned to expand its naval Force and aircraft carriers and aircraft's and weapon system.
The Indian Navy is planning to procure 22 General Atomics Sea Guardian drones at an estimated cost of $2 billion.This is the first instance of General Atomics drones being sold to a non-NATO military.

SOURCE : WIKI

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