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Upon the establishment of establishment of India's independence in 1947, the country became a dominion within the British Commonwealth of Nations; nevertheless, the armed forces, namely, the British Indian Army (BIA), the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) and the Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) - under the helm of King George VI as the Commander-in-Chief, retained their respective pre-independence ranks ...
Pages in category "Military ranks of the Indian Navy" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
While the President of India serves as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces, the organisational structure of the Indian Navy is headed by the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), who holds the rank of Admiral. [103] While the provision for the rank of Admiral of the Fleet exists, no officer of the Indian Navy has yet been conferred this rank ...
Seabees were in Vietnam twice in the 1950s. First in June 1954, as elements of Operation Passage to Freedom and then two years later to survey and map the roads. Seabee teams 501 and 502 arrived January 1963 as the first Seabees of the Vietnam War. They went to Dam Pau and Tri Ton to build Special Forces camps. [169]
As of April 2024, the Indian Navy possesses two aircraft carriers, one amphibious transport dock, four tank landing ships, 13 destroyers, 14 frigates, 2 nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, 16 conventionally powered attack submarines, 18 corvettes, eight landing craft utilities, ten large offshore patrol vessels, five fleet tankers as ...
Commodore is a one-star rank in the Indian Navy. Commodore ranks above the rank of captain and below the two-star rank of rear admiral. This navy rank will be abbreviated as CMDE or Cmde. The equivalent rank in the Indian Army is brigadier and in the Indian Air Force is air commodore. Cmde PG Pyunumootil in a commodore's uniform.
The Seabee Combat Warfare Specialist (SCWS) insignia is a warfare qualification of the United States Navy. [1]To be eligible to earn the SCWS insignia, personnel must first be assigned to a qualifying unit of the Naval Construction Force such as Naval Mobile Construction Battalions (NMCB), Underwater Construction Teams (UCT), and Construction Battalion Maintenance Units (CBMU), as well as ...
Converted to a pilot vessel in Indian service, scrapped 1965. HMIS Tir renamed INS Tir post republic. K256 River class: 3 December 1945 30 September 1977 [2] scrapped Served as HMS Bann in the Royal Navy during World War II. Served as training ship in the Indian Navy. INS Khukri: F149 Blackwood Class: 16 July 1958