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The Indian Navy (IN), which is the naval warfare branch of the Indian Armed Forces, has approximately 135+ warships on active commission. [1]By forethought, the IN's Maritime Capability Perspective Plan (MCPP) for the period 2012-2027 had set the objective of the service becoming a 200-ship fleet by 2035; however, that number has since been reduced to 175 in December 2019 - principally owing ...
Served as training ship in the Indian Navy. INS Khukri: F149 Blackwood Class: 16 July 1958 Sunk in action on 9 December 1971 during Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. INS Kirpan: F144 Blackwood Class: July 1959 1978 Transferred to Coast Guard Service 1978. INS Kuthar: F146 Blackwood Class: November 1959 18 Aug 1978 [2] Transferred to Coast Guard ...
Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Indian Navy (1 C, 1 P) Submarines of the Indian Navy (6 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Ships of the Indian Navy"
The following is the list of ships of the Royal Indian Navy, in existence from 1934 to 1950, when it was renamed the Indian Navy. Several of the vessels listed below were transferred to the Royal Pakistani Navy in 1947.
Pages in category "Naval ships of India" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
1. India gifted INS Amar, a seaward defence boat to Mauritius way back in 1974. [6] 2. India gifted 9 Mandovi class patrol boat and replaced them with 5 Praga class patrol craft in 2000. [7] 3. India gifted T61, a SDB Mk.3 patrol boat in 1993. [8] 4. India gifted CGS Observer in 2001, a AMPL (P-2000)-class interceptor boat. [9]
Frigates, which are naval vessels intermediate between corvettes and destroyers, [1] have had a significant role in the naval history of India.Although the Maratha Navy, the naval branch of the armed forces of the Maratha Empire, used Grabs and Gallivats to project naval power, [2] the concept of frigates (formerly called sloops) was introduced by the British. [3]
A flotilla of the Indian Navy's destroyers during Exercise Tropex 2023. In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoueverable, long-distance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers. [1] [2] Seventeen destroyers have served, or currently serve, in ...