List of ships of the Indian Navy
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This is a list of ships of the Indian Navy. It covers both the pre-independence Royal Indian Navy
Royal Indian Navy
The Royal Indian Navy was the naval force of British India. Along with the Presidency armies and the later British Indian Army it comprised the Armed Forces of British India....

  and the post-independence fleet. Prior to the abolition of the monarchy in 1950 ships carried the prefix HMINS, standing for His/Her Majesty's Indian Navy Ship. After the beginning of the republic in 1950, the prefix became simply INS.

Decommissioned Ships

  • INS Amba (A54)
    INS Amba (A54)
    INS Amba was the only submarine tender ship in service with the Indian Navy. It is a modified Soviet design built to Indian specifications in Nikolayev in 1968...

     (July 2006)
  • INS Chakra (Type 670 Skat "Charlie class" Returned to Soviet Union in January 1991)
  • INS Chamak (K95)
    INS Chamak (K95)
    INS Chamak was the lead vessel of her class of fast attack craft of the Indian Navy....

     – (November 4, 1976 – May 5, 2005)
  • INS Chapal – (November 4, 1976 – May 5, 2005) Turned into a museum at Karwar
    Karwar
    Karwar is the administrative headquarters of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka, India. It is a seaside town situated on the banks of the Kali river which is on the west coast of the Indian peninsula. The town lies about 15 kilometres south of the Karnataka–Goa border and 519 km north-west...

    , Karnataka
    Karnataka
    Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

  • INS Chilka – 1948 – 1976, scrapped 1977
  • INS Darshak
    INS Darshak
    INS Darshak is a hydrographic survey ship in the Indian Navy, under the Eastern Naval Command.-The Ship:Built by Goa Shipyard Limited and commissioned into the Naval service at Visakhapatnam under the command of Capt SS Karnik in 2001, Darshak is the Indian Navy's eighth hydrographic survey ship to...

     – 1990
  • INS Delhi (1948)
    INS Delhi (1948)
    The INS Delhi was a Leander class cruiser built for the Royal Navy in 1933 as HMS Achilles, and commissioned into the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy in 1937 as HMNZS Achilles...

     – (June 30, 1978)
  • INS Malpe (M86) – (May 10, 1984 – December 4, 2006)
  • INS Pondicherry
    INS Pondicherry (M61)
    INS Pondicherry was a Pondicherry class minesweeper in service with the Indian Navy. She was the lead ship of this class. Pondicherry served the Indian Navy from 1978 to 2007...

     – (February 2, 1978 – October 5, 2007)
  • INS Vikrant
    INS Vikrant
    INS Vikrant was a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy.Her keel was laid down on 12 November 1943 by Vickers-Armstrong on the Tyne and she was launched on 22 September 1945....

     (January 31, 1997) – Converted to IMS-Indian Museum Ship
  • L32 – LCU
  • L33 – LCU Mk.2 – (January 12, 1980)
  • INS Ghorpad (L14)
    INS Ghorpad (L14)
    -History:Built at the Gdańsk Shipyard in Poland, INS Ghorpad was commissioned on 21 December 1974. She was decommissioned in 11 January 2008....

     (January 16, 1975 – Gdynia, Poland)
  • INS Kesari (L15) (August 15, 1975 – May 8,1999)
  • INS Shardul (L16)
    INS Shardul (L16)
    -History:Built at the Gdańsk Shipyard in Poland, INS Shardul was commissioned on 24 December 1975. She was decommissioned in June 1997.Her legacy was carried forward by the lead vessel of the Shardul class landing ships, .-See also:...

     (November 24, 1975 – Gdynia, Poland)
  • INS Sarayu (P54)
    INS Sarayu (P54)
    INS Sarayu was a Sukanya class patrol vessel of the Indian Navy.The Sarayu was sold to Sri Lanka Navy, where she was renamed as SLNS Sayura. She was recently equipped with Yingi Y-82 anti-ship missiles and surface to air missiles...

     (October 8, 1991) – Sold to Sri Lanka

See also

  • Ships of the Indian Navy
    Ships of the Indian Navy
    This is a list of all Indian Navy Ships and submarines presently in service or being built. Speculative or planned procurements are NOT included here. Note: uc = Under Construction ....

  • Submarines of the Indian Navy
    Submarines of the Indian Navy
    This is a list of submarines of the Indian Navy, grouped by class, and ordered by pennant numbers within the class.-Current Fleet:* Sindhughosh class**Sindhughosh **Sindhudhvaj **Sindhuraj **Sindhuvir **Sindhuratna...

  • Aircraft of the Indian Navy
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