This is a list of ships of the Indian Navy. It covers both the pre-independence
Royal Indian Navy
The Royal Indian Navy (RIN) was the naval force of British India and the Dominion of India. Along with the Presidency armies, later the Indian Army, and from 1932 the Royal Indian Air Force, it was one of the Armed Forces of British India.
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and the post-independence
Indian Navy
The Indian Navy is the maritime branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy. As a blue-water navy, it operates si ...
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Current ships
Historical ships
Note: Prior to 1950, Indian naval ships carried the prefix HMIS ("His Majesty's Indian Ship") as the Indian Armed Forces were under the British Crown. After the
declaration of the Republic of India on 26 January 1950, the prefix became INS ("Indian Naval Ship").
Aircraft carriers
Submarines
Cruisers
Destroyers
Frigates
Corvette
Minesweepers
Fast Attack Craft
Amphibious Warfare Ships
Auxiliaries
* HMIS ''Parvati''
[Blueprint to Bluewater, the Indian Navy, 1951–65, P27, Satyindra Singh]
* HMIS ''Netravati''
Patrol Ships
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Aircraft of the Indian Navy
The Indian Naval Air Arm is the aviation branch and a fighting arm of the Indian Navy which is tasked to provide an aircraft carrier based strike capability, fleet air defence, maritime reconnaissance, and anti-submarine warfare.
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List of active Indian Navy ships
List of active Indian Navy ships is a list of ships in active service with the Indian Navy. In service ships are taken from the official Indian Navy website.
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List of Indian naval aircraft
The Indian Naval Air Arm is the aviation branch and a fighting arm of the Indian Navy which is tasked to provide an aircraft carrier based strike capability, fleet air defence, maritime reconnaissance, and anti-submarine warfare.
The Flag Off ...
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List of Indian Navy bases
The Indian Navy currently operates three commands — Western Naval Command located at Mumbai, Southern Naval Command located at Kochi and Eastern Naval Command located at Visakhapatnam. The Andaman and Nicobar Command, a unified Indian Navy, ...
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List of submarines of the Indian Navy
This is a list of known submarines of the Indian Navy, grouped by class, and pennant numbers within the class.
In service
Under construction
Planned
Decommissioned
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; Indian navy related lists
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; Indian military related
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India-China Border Roads
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Indian military satellites
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List of active Indian military aircraft
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List of Indian Air Force stations
The Indian Air Force currently operates seven Air Commands. Each command is headed by an Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the rank of Air Marshal.
The Air Force currently has over 60 air stations all over India. These are grouped into seve ...
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India's overseas military bases
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Indian Nuclear Command Authority
References
Sources
* Collins, J.T.E
''The Royal Indian Navy, 1939–1945'' Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War. New Delhi: Combined Inter-Services Historical Section (India & Pakistan), 1964.
* Parkes, Oscar. ''Jane's Fighting Ships 1931''. Newton Abbot, Devon, UK:Davis & Charles Reprints, 1931 (1973 reprint). .
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* Moore, John (Ed). Jane's Fighting Ships 1980–81. Jane's. 1980.
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Naval ships of India
Indian Navy
The Indian Navy is the maritime branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy. As a blue-water navy, it operates si ...
Ships of the Indian Navy