This is a list of ships of the Indian Navy. It covers both the pre-independence era when India was a british colony and ships were designated as HMIS / Royal Indian Navy and in the post-independence republic era as Indian Navy with designation of INS.

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

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! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Ship

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Pennant

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Class

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Commissioned

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Decommissioned

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Fate

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Notes

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|R11

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|4 March 1961

|31 January 1990

|Converted to IMS-Indian Museum Ship briefly but subsequently scrapped in 2014.

|Formerly HMS Hercules although never commissioned into the Royal Navy.

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|R22

|Centaur-class

|12 May 1987

|6 March 2017

|Dismantled on 19 September 2020

|Formerly .

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Submarines

{| class="wikitable"

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! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Boat

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Pennant

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Class

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Commissioned

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Decommissioned

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Fate

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Notes

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! colspan="7" style="background: lavender;" | Nuclear Submarines

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|INS Chakra

| S71

|Charlie class

|1 September 1987

|Returned to Soviet Union in January 1991

|Scrapped in Russia.

|Leased from the Soviet Union.

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|INS Chakra

| S71

|Akula class

| 4 April 2012

| Returned to Russia June 2021

|

| Returned to Russia before 10-year lease completed, due to extensive damage suffered in service.

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! colspan="7" style="background: lavender;" | Conventional Submarines

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|S22

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|6 December 1968

|18 October 1989

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|S63

|Sindhughosh class

|24 December 1997

|6 March 2017

|Sunk

|Exploded 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.

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| INS Sindhuvir

| S58

| Sindhughosh class

|26 August 1988

| March 2020

| Transferred to Myanmar Navy

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|INS Sindhudhvaj

|S56

|Sindhughosh class

|12 June 1987

|16 July 2022

|rowspan = '2' |Decommissioned

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|INS Sindhughosh

|S55

|Sindhughosh class

|30 April 1986

|19 December 2025

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Cruisers

{| class="wikitable"

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! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Ship

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Pennant

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Class

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Commissioned

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Decommissioned

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Fate

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Notes

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! colspan="7" style="background: lavender;" | Cruisers

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| <br /><small>Originally commissioned as HMIS (His Majesty's Indian Ship) Delhi</small>

|C74

|

|5 July 1948

|30 June 1978

|Sunk during TROPEX-21 as a live target.

|Built in the Soviet Union as Lovkiyy, but never commissioned into the Soviet Navy.

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|INS Rajput

|D141

|R class

| 28 July 1949

|30 June 1973

|scrapped 1979

|Served as HMS Rotherham in the Royal Navy before being transferred to India.

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|INS Ranjit

|D209

|R class

|4 July 1949

|30 September 1975

|Sunk as target, 2012.

|Purchased as a cadet training ship from the Royal Navy. Was previously HMS Andromeda.

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|F20

|Godavari class

|10 December 1983

|23 December 2015

|Sunk as target, October 2020.

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|F22

|Godavari class

|30 December 1985

|22 March 2018

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|F21

|Godavari class

|16 April 1988

|15 May 2022

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! colspan="7" style="background: lavender;" | Sloops (later reclassified as frigates)

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|HMIS Elphinstone

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|Anchusa class

|May 1922

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|wrecked on Nicobar Islands 29 January 1925.

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|HMIS Baluchi

|PC.55

|P Class

|May 1922

|1935

|Sold for scrapping

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|HMIS Pathan

|PC.69<br />K26

|P Class

|5 August 1921

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|sunk by Italian submarine Galvani on 23 June 1940.

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|U67

|Grimsby class

|15 March 1935

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|Sunk by Japanese aircraft during Burma Campaign, 6 April 1942

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|L09 <br /> U09 <small>(1940)</small>

|Aubrietia Class

|1921

|1946

|scrapped

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|L83 <br /> U83 <small>(1940)</small>

|Unique Patrol Sloop

|27 December 1919

|1947

|scrapped

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|L79 <br /> U79 <small>(1940)</small>

|Unique Patrol Sloop

|20 April 1920

|1947

|scrapped

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|U40

|Black Swan class

|29 April 1943

|1948

|Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Jhelum

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|U52

|Black Swan class

|28 June 1943

|1948

|Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Sind.

|Sunk the German submarine U-198 while in Indian service during World War II.

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|

|L80

|Hastings class

|10 October 1930

|1948

|Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Karsaz until 1960.

|Was involved in the Royal Indian Navy mutiny.

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| <br /> <small>renamed INS Kaveri post republic.</small>

|U10

|Black Swan class

|26 August 1943

|30 Sep 1977 || ||

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| INS Akshay|| P35 || Abhay-class||10 December 1990 ||3 June 2022 || ||

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| INS Ajay|| P34 || Abhay-class||24 January 1990||19 September 2022 || ||

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| INS Abhay|| P33 || Abhay-class||10 March 1989 ||6 October 2025 || ||

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! colspan="7" style="background: lavender;" | Anti-Submarine Naval Trawler

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| || T254 || Basset class || || || ||

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| ||T264||Basset class|| || || ||

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|||T261||Basset class|| || || ||

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|||T249||Basset class|| || 1948 || Transferred to Pakistan||

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|||T256||Basset class|| || || ||

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|||T339||Basset class|| || || ||

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|||T315||Basset class|| || || ||

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|||T251||Basset class|| || || ||

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|||T262||Basset class|| || || ||

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|||T253||Basset class|| || || ||

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|||T267||Basset class|| || || ||

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|||T268||Basset class|| || || ||

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|||T322||Basset class|| || || ||

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|||T269||Basset class|| || || ||

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|||T258||Basset class|| || || ||

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|||T255||Basset class|| || || ||

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|||T263||Basset class|| || || ||

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|||T260||Basset class|| || || ||

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|||T332||Basset class|| || || ||

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|||T212||Basset class|| || 1948 || Transferred to Pakistan ||

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|||T250||Basset class|| || || ||

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|||T312||Basset class|| || || ||

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Minesweepers

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! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Ship

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Pennant

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Class

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Commissioned

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Decommissioned

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Fate

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Notes

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! colspan="7" style="background: lavender;" | Ocean Going Minesweeper

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|1994

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|ex-Royal Navy

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|INS Bimlipatan

|M2705

|Ham class

|14 June 1955

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|Participated in relief efforts for the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.

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! colspan="7" style="background: lavender;" | Landing Ship Medium

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|L12

|Polnocny class

|1966

|30 Sep 1987

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|Polish Built - Polnocny D

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|INS Mahish

|L19

|Kumbhir class

|4 June 1985

|11 November 2016

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|Polish Built - Polnocny D

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|INS Guldar

|L21

|Kumbhir class

|December 1985

|12 January 2024

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|Polish Built - Polnocny D

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|INS Kumbhir

|L22

|Kumbhir class

|November 1986

|12 January 2024

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|Polish Built - Polnocny D

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! colspan="7" style="background: lavender;" | Landing Ship Infantry

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|

|merchant requisitioned as Landing ship, infantry

|1943

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|14 April 1944 destroyed in Bombay Explosion (1944)

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! colspan="7" style="background: lavender;" | Landing Craft Tank (re-designated Landing Craft Utility)

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|L31

| rowspan="2" |LCU Mk.1

|1978

|1 Feb 1999

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|L33

| rowspan="3" |LCU Mk.2

|1 December 1980

|mid April 2014

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| rowspan="3" |Ordered in 1975

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|rowspan="4"|Ordered in 1982

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|L39

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Patrol Ships

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! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Ship

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Pennant

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Class

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Commissioned

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Decommissioned

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Fate

! style="background-color:#3399FF;" | Notes

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! colspan="7" style="background: lavender;" | Offshore Patrol Vessel

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|1940

|1945

|returned to merchant service.

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|requisitioned armed merchant ship

|1940

|1947

|sold and became M/V Hellenic Bulbul.

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|auxiliary patrol vessel

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|auxiliary patrol vessel

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|P54

|Sukanya class

|8 October 1991

|2000

|Sold to Sri Lanka in 2000 and in service as the flagship of Sri Lanka Navy, SLNS Sayura

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! colspan="7" style="background: lavender;" | Patrol Vessel

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|INS Ajay

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|Ajay class

|1961

|26 July 1974

|Transferred to the Bangladesh Navy on 26 July 1974, served as BNS Surma and was eventually decommissioned

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|INS Amar

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|Ajay class

|11 July 1969

|March 1974

|Transferred to Mauritius and commissioned as MNS Amar on 3 April 1974. She was later re-commissioned in the Mauritius Coast Guard as CGS Amar on 24 July 1987. She served as Mauritius's only naval vessel for over two decades, and was decommissioned on 19 March 1998.

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|INS Ajit

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|Ajay class

|9 December 1969

|July 1971

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|Foundered, Written-off

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|INS Atul

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|Ajay class

|11 June 1970

|1980

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|INS Akshay

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|Ajay class

|

|12 April 1973

|Transferred to Bangladesh Navy on 12 April 1973 and served as BNS Padma and was eventually decommissioned

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|INS Abhay

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|Ajay class

|13 November 1961

| 20 June 1980

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|INS Pamban

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|Pulicat class

|18 February 1967

|1977

|Transferred to newly formed Indian Coast Guard.

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|INS Puri

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|Pulicat class

|18 February 1967

|1977

|Transferred to newly formed Indian Coast Guard.

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|INS Pulicat

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|Pulicat class

|16 March 1967

|1977

|Transferred to newly formed Indian Coast Guard.

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|INS Panaji

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|Pulicat class

|16 March 1967

|1977

|Transferred to newly formed Indian Coast Guard.

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|INS Panvel

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|Pulicat class

|16 March 1967

|1977

|Led Task Force Alpha in 1971-India Pakistan war.Transferred to newly formed Indian Coast Guard.

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|T54

|Seaward defence boat

|September 1982

|20 January 2006

|Sunk to be made into an artificial reef

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|T64

|Trinkat class

|4 March 2002

|23 February 2005

|Transferred to Seychelles Coast Guard, as SCG PS Topaz

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|T62

|Trinkat class

|17 March 2001

|16 April 2006

|Transferred to Maldivian Coast Guard, as CGS Huravee

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|T57

|Seaward defence boat

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|24 August 2006

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|-

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|T55

|Seaward defence boat

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|2008–2009

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|T56

|Seaward defence boat

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|2008–2009

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|T59

|Seaward defence boat

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|7 September 2009

|

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|-

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|T60

|Seaward defence boat

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|7 September 2009

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|T58

|Seaward defence boat

|

|20 July 2010

|

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|-

|INS Tarasa

|T63

|Trinkat class

|24 August 2001

|7 November 2014

|Transferred to Seychelles Coast Guard as PS Constant

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|-

|INFAC T-82

|T82

|

|9 October 2003

|6 October 2025

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|Unique ship

|1886

|1945

|scrapped in 1945

|Later depot ship at Basra, Bombay and Karachi

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! colspan="7" style="background: lavender;" | Tanker

|-

|<br /> <small> Renamed INS Chilka post republic. </small>

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|Unique ship

|1948

|1976

|scrapped in 1977

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|Unique ship

|29 January 1954

|31 December 1967

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|A50

|Deepak class

|20 November 1967

|30 April 1996

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|Unique ship

|1932

|1951

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|31 January 1984

|4 April 2005

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|J32

|Makar Class

|31 March 1984

|31 March 2007

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|J33

|Makar Class

|23 June 1984

|24 April 2005

|expended as a target for BrahMos test.

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|J34

|Makar Class

|31 October 1984

|1 February 1999

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|J18

|14 March 1981

|4 June 2021

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! colspan="7" style="background: lavender;" | Torpedo Recovery Vessel

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|INS A-71

|A71

|Astravahini-class

|15 September 1982

|25 March 2005

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|INS A-72

|A72

|Astravahini-class

|23 February 1983

|6 Nov 2014

|sunk in an accident on 6 Nov 2014

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|INS A-73

|A73

|Astravahini-class

|5 November 1984

|16 July 2015

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|}

Auxilary Patrol Vessels

  • HMIS Parvati
  • HMIS Netravati

Barges

  • INS Posak
  • INS Puran
  • INS Pushpa
  • INS Prema
  • INS Ambuda

Ferryboats

  • INS Manohar
  • INS Modak
  • INS Mangal
  • INS Madhur
  • INS Manorama
  • INS Manjula

Tug boats

  • INS Gaj
  • INS Matanga
  • INS Anand
  • INS Atal
  • INS Anjan
  • INS Angad
  • INS Anup
  • INS Athak
  • INS Ajral
  • INS Balaram
  • INS Bajrang
  • INS Bahadur
  • INS Ajanta
  • INS Aja

Mooring Vessels

  • INS Dhruvak

See also

  • List of historical equipment of the Indian Coast Guard
  • Indian navy related
  • Aircraft of the Indian Navy
  • List of active Indian Navy ships
  • List of Indian naval aircraft
  • List of Indian Navy bases
  • List of submarines of the Indian Navy
  • List of warships gifted by India
  • List of destroyer classes of the Indian Navy
  • Indian military related
  • India-China Border Roads
  • Indian military satellites
  • List of active Indian military aircraft
  • List of Indian Air Force stations
  • List of equipment of the Indian Coast Guard
  • India's overseas military bases
  • 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). .
  • Moore, John (Ed). Jane's Fighting Ships 1980–81. Jane's. 1980.