List of ships of the Indian Navy

This is a list of ships of the Indian Navy. It covers both the pre-independence Royal Indian Navy^[1] and the post-independence Indian Navy. This article is incomplete, editors are welcome to contribute to expanding this list.

Current ships

Main article: List of active Indian Navy ships

Historical ships

Note: Prior to the abolition of the monarchy in 1950 ships carried the prefix HMIS, standing for His/Her Majesty's Indian Ship. After the beginning of the republic in 1950, the prefix became INS.

Aircraft carriers

Ship	Pennant	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Aircraft Carriers
INS Vikrant	R11	Majestic class	4 March 1961	31 January 1997	Converted to IMS-Indian Museum Ship briefly but subsequently scrapped in 2014.	formerly HMS Hercules Although never commissioned into the Royal Navy.

Submarines

Boat	Pennant	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Nuclear Submarines
INS Chakra	S71	Charlie class	1 September 1987	Returned to Soviet Union in January 1991	Scrapped in Russia.	leased from the Soviet Union.
Conventional Submarines
INS Khanderi	S22	Kalvari class	6 December 1968	18 October 1989	scrapped but sail fin on display
INS Kalvari	S23	Kalvari class	8 December 1967	31 May 1996	scrapped but sail fin on display
INS Kursura	S20	Kalvari class	18 December 1969	27 February 2001	Converted to Museum Ship at Ramakrishna Mission Beach, Visakhapatnam.
INS Karanj	S21	Kalvari class	4 September 1969	1 August 2003
INS Vagsheer	S43	Vela class	26 December 1974	30 April 1997
INS Vagir	S41	Vela class	3 November 1973	7 June 2001
INS Vela	S40	Vela class	31 August 1973	25 June 2010
INS Vagli	S42	Vela class	10 August 1974	9 December 2010	To be preserved as a museum in Tamil Nadu.^[2]

Cruisers

Ship	Pennant	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Cruisers
INS Delhi Originally commissioned as HMIS Delhi	C74	Leander class	5 July 1948	30 June 1978	Scrapped	Purchased from the U.K. Formerly HMS Achilles of the Battle of the River Plate fame. Turrets on Display at Devonport Naval Base, Auckland, New Zealand, and at Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, India.
INS Mysore	C60	Fiji class	29 August 1957	20 August 1985	Scrapped	Purchased from the U.K. Formerly HMS Nigeria.

Destroyers

Ship	Pennant	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Destroyers
INS Rajput	D141	R class	28 July 1949	30 June 1973	scrapped
INS Ranjit		R class	4 July 1949	30 September 1975	scrapped
INS Rana	D115	R class	9 September 1949	30 September 1971	scrapped
INS Godavari	D92	Hunt class	27 April 1953	1976	scrapped	leased and then purchased from the Royal Navy. Formerly HMS Bedale. Was operated by polish navy during WWII as ORP Ślązak (L26).
INS Gomati	D93	Hunt class	24 April 1953	1975	scrapped	leased and then purchased from the Royal Navy. Formerly HMS Lamerton (L88).
INS Ganga	D94	Hunt class	18 June 1953	1975	scrapped	leased and then purchased from the Royal Navy. Formerly HMS Chiddingfold (L31).

Frigates

Ship	Pennant	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Frigates
HMIS Tamar	K262	River class	1946	Dec 1946	Constructive Total Loss after running aground off Hainan Island	was previously HMS Aire prior to Indian service.
HMIS Neza	K239	River class	1946	1947	Returned to the Royal Navy in April 1947
HMIS Shamsher	K392	River class	1945	1947	Transferred to Pakistan and served as PNS Shamsher.	Served as HMS Nadder in the Royal Navy before transfer to India.
HMIS Dhanush	K265	River class	1945	1948	Transferred to Pakistan and served as PNS Dhanush.	Served as HMS Deveron in the Royal Navy before transfer to India.
HMIS Kukri renamed INS Kukri post republic.	K243	River class	1946	1951	Converted to survey vessel post republic. Recommissioned as INS Investigator ^[3]	Served as HMS Trent in the Royal Navy before being transferred to India.
HMIS Bengal renamed INS Bengal post republic.	K419	River class	Purchased 1948	unknown	scrapped	Served as HMCS Kokanee for the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. Converted to a pilot vessel in Indian service.
HMIS Hooghly renamed INS Hooghly post republic.	K330	River class	Purchased 1948	unknown	scrapped	Served as HMCS Waskesiu for the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II.
INS Khukri	F149	Blackwood Class	16 July 1958		Sunk in action on 9 December 1971 during Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
HMIS Tir renamed INS Tir post republic.	K256	River class	3 December 1945	30 September 1977	scrapped	Served as HMS Bann in the Royal Navy during World War II. Served as training ship in the Indian Navy.
INS Kirpan	F144	Blackwood Class	July 1959	1978	Transferred to Coast Guard Service 1978.
INS Kuthar	F146	Blackwood Class	November 1959	1978	Transferred to Coast Guard Service 1978.
INS Talwar	F140	Whitby class	26 April 1959		Broken up for scrap 1992
INS Trishul	F143	Whitby class	13 January 1960		Broken up for scrap 1996
INS Brahmaputra	F31	Leopard class	31 March 1958		Ordered HMS Panther, but transferred to India. Broken Up 1986
INS Beas	F37	Leopard class	24 May 1960		Broken Up 1992
INS Betwa	F39	Leopard class	8 December 1960		Broken Up 1988
INS Nilgiri	F33	Nilgiri class	23 June 1972	1996	Sunk on 24 April 1997, by a Sea Eagle AShM fired from a Sea Harrier Frs Mk.51 of the Indian Navy.
INS Himgiri	F34	Nilgiri class	23 November 1974	6 May 2005
INS Udaygiri	F35	Nilgiri class	18 February 1976	24 August 2007
INS Dunagiri	F36	Nilgiri class	5 May 1977	20 October 2010
INS Vindhyagiri	F42	Nilgiri class	8 July 1981	14 Jun 2012		Suffered a collision with a merchant ship at Mumbai harbour on 30 January 2011 and sank after a fire on board. No casualties. re-floated and decommissioned with full honours in 2012.
INS Krishna	F46	Leander class	22 August 1995	24 May 2012		Purchased as a cadet training ship from the Royal Navy. Was previously HMS Andromeda .
INS Taragiri	F41	Nilgiri class	16 May 1980	27 June 2013
Sloops (later reclassified as frigates)
HMIS Elphinstone		Anchusa class	May 1922		wrecked on Nicobar Islands 29 January 1925.
HMIS Baluchi	PC.55	P Class	May 1922	1935	Sold for scrapping
HMIS Pathan	PC.69 K26	P Class	5 August 1921		sunk by Italian submarine Galvani on 23 June 1940.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]
HMIS Indus	U67	Grimsby class	15 March 1935		Sunk by Japanese aircraft during Burma Campaign, 6 April 1942
HMIS Cornwallis	L09 U09 (1940)	Aubretia Class	1921	1946	scrapped
HMIS Lawrence	L83 U83 (1940)	Unique Patrol Sloop	27 December 1919	1947	scrapped
HMIS Clive	L79 U79 (1940)	Unique Patrol Sloop	20 April 1920	1947	scrapped
HMIS Narbada	U40	Black Swan class	29 April 1943	1948	Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Jhelum
HMIS Godaveri	U53	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 WWII.
HMIS Hindustan	L80	Hastings class	10 October 1930	1948	Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as Karsaz till 1960.	Was involved in the Royal Indian Navy mutiny.
HMIS Cauvery renamed INS Kaveri post republic.	U10	Black Swan class	26 August 1943	1977	scrapped
HMIS Sutlej renamed INS Sutlej post republic.	U95	Black Swan class	23 April 1941	1978	scrapped
HMIS Jumna renamed INS Jamuna post republic.	U21	Black Swan class	13 May 1941	unknown	scrapped	Helped sink the Japanese submarine Ro-110 in 1944 while in Indian service.
HMIS Kistna renamed INS Krisna post republic.	U46	Black Swan class	26 August 1943	1981	scrapped

Corvette

Ship	Pennant	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Corvettes
HMIS Gondwana	K348	Flower class	15 May 1945	1946	returned to Royal Navy and sold to the Thai Navy as HTMS Bangpakong
HMIS Sind	K274	Flower class	24 August 1945	1946	returned to Royal Navy and sold to the Thai Navy as HTMS Prasae
HMIS Mahratta	K395	Flower class	1946		Constructive total loss after running aground in 1947.
HMIS Assam	K306	Flower class	19 February 1945	1947	returned to Royal Navy and scrapped
HMIS Punjab	J239	Bathurst class	20 March 1942	1949	Transferred to Pakistan post-partition
HMIS Bombay renamed INS Bombay post republic.	J249	Bathurst class	24 April 1942	1960	scrapped	Was involved in defense during the Attack on Sydney Harbour
HMIS Bengal renamed INS Bengal post republic.	J243	Bathurst class	8 August 1942	1960	scrapped	Sunk the Imperial Japanese Navy commerce raider Hōkoku-Maru in 1942 while in Indian service.
HMIS Madras renamed INS Madras post republic.	J237	Bathurst class	12 May 1942	1960	scrapped
INS Arnala	P68	Arnala class	29 June 1972	9 April 1999
INS Androth	P69	Arnala class	30 June 1972	9 April 1999
INS Anjadip	P73	Arnala class	23 December 1972	13 December 2003
INS Andaman	P74	Arnala class	28 December 1973		Lost in a storm 22 August 1990
INS Amini	P75	Arnala class	12 December 1974	16 September 2002
INS Kamorta	P77	Arnala class	21 November 1968	31 October 1991
INS Kadmatt	P78	Arnala class	23 December 1968	30 November 1992
INS Kiltan	P79	Arnala class	30 October 1969	30 June 1987		Participated in Operation Trident (1971).
INS Kavaratti	P80	Arnala class	23 December 1969	31 July 1986		Participated in Operation Trident (1971).
INS Katchall	P81	Arnala class	23 December 1969	31 December 1988
INS Amindivi	P83	Arnala class		1986-88
INS Hosdurg	K73	Durg class	15 January 1978	5 June 1999	Sunk in a Sea Eagle AShM test in June 2000.
INS Vijaydurg	K71	Durg class	25 December 1976	30 September 2002
INS Sindhudurg	K72	Durg class	29 May 1977	24 September 2004
INS Prahar	K98	Veer Class	1 March 1997		Sunk in collision on 22 April 2006
Anti-Submarine Naval Trawler
HMIS Agra	T254	Basset class
HMIS Ahmedabad	T264	Basset class
HMIS Amritsar	T261	Basset class
HMIS Baroda	T249	Basset class		1948	Transferred to Pakistan
HMIS Berar	T256	Basset class
HMIS Calcutta	T339	Basset class
HMIS Cochin	T315	Basset class
HMIS Cuttack	T251	Basset class
HMIS Karachi	T262	Basset class
HMIS Lahore	T253	Basset class
HMIS Lucknow	T267	Basset class
HMIS Madura	T268	Basset class
HMIS Multan	T322	Basset class
HMIS Nagpur	T269	Basset class
HMIS Nasik	T258	Basset class
HMIS Patna	T255	Basset class
HMIS Peshawar	T263	Basset class
HMIS Poona	T260	Basset class
HMIS Quetta	T332	Basset class
HMIS Rampur	T212	Basset class		1948	Transferred to Pakistan
HMIS Shillong	T250	Basset class
HMIS Travancore	T312	Basset class

Minesweepers

Ship	Pennant	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Ocean Going Minesweeper
HMIS Oostcapelle ^[8]		unique ship	before 1939	before 1947
HMIS Irawadi ^[8]		unique ship	before 1939	before 1947
HMIS Kathiawar	J155	Bangor Class	23 December 1942	1948	Transferred to Pakistan as PNS Chittagong.
HMIS Baluchistan	J182	Bangor Class	28 October 1942	1948	Transferred to Pakistan as PNS Baluchistan.
HMIS Oudh	J245	Bangor Class	21 October 1943	1948	Transferred to Pakistan as PNS Dacca.
HMIS Malwa	J55	Bangor Class	1945	1948	Transferred to Pakistan as PNS Peshawar.
HMIS Deccan	J129	Bangor Class	30 March 1945	1948	Sold in 1949 as the mercantile Kennery.
HMIS Orissa	J200	Bangor Class	14 March 1942	1949	Scrapped
HMIS Khyber	J190	Bangor Class	12 August 1942	1949	Scrapped
HMIS Carnatic	J199	Bangor Class	27 October 1942	1949	Scrapped
HMIS Kumaon	J164	Bangor Class	30 November 1942	1949	Scrapped
HMIS Bihar	J247	Bangor Class	27 February 1944	1949	Scrapped
HMIS Rajputana	J197	Bangor Class	30 April 1942	1961	Scrapped
HMIS Konkan	J228	Bangor Class	12 June 1942	1963	Scrapped
HMIS Rohilkhand	J180	Bangor Class	5 February 1943	1963	Scrapped
INS Pondicherry	M61	Pondicherry class	2 February 1978	5 October 2007
INS Porbandar	M62	Pondicherry class	19 December 1978	2007
INS Bedi	M63	Pondicherry class	27 April 1979	2009
INS Bhavnagar	M64	Pondicherry class	27 April 1979	2009
INS Ratnagiri	M66	Pondicherry class	10 June 1980	2012
Coastal Minesweeper
INS Cuddalore	M90	Ton class	1956			ex-Royal Navy HMS Wennington
INS Cannanore	M91	Ton class	1956			ex-Royal Navy HMS Whittton
INS Karwar	M92	Ton class	1956			ex-Royal Navy HMS Overton
INS Kakinada	M93	Ton class	1956			ex-Royal Navy HMS Durweston
INS Mulki	M87	Mahé Class	10 May 1984	Unknown
INS Magdala	M88	Mahé Class	10 May 1984	February 2002
INS Malvan	M84	Mahé Class	16 May 1983	05 Jan 2003
INS Mangrol	M85	Mahé Class	16 May 1983	07 Apr 2004
INS Mahé	M83	Mahé Class	16 May 1983	15 May 2006
INS Malpe	M86	Mahé Class	10 May 1984	04 Dec 2006

Fast Attack Craft

Ship	Pennant	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Missile Boat
INS Veer	K82	Vidyut Class	2 April 1971	31 December 1982		Sunk the PNS Muhafiz during Operation Trident (1971).
INS Nirbhik	K88	Vidyut Class	20 February 1971	31 December 1986
INS Nipat	K86	Vidyut Class	26 April 1971	29 February 1988		Destroyed the ammunition ship MV Venus Challenger, and the destroyer PNS Shah Jahan (DD-962) and the Karachi oil tanks during Operation Trident (1971).
INS Nirghat	K89	Vidyut Class	29 January 1971	31 July 1989		Sunk the PNS Khaibar during Operation Trident (1971).
INS Vinash	K85	Vidyut Class	20 January 1971	15 January 1990		Sunk the merchant MV Gulf Star, MV SS Harmatttan, and badly damaged the Pakistani Fleet Tanker PNS Dacca, which was later scrapped, and the during Operation Python in 1971.
INS Nashak	K87	Vidyut Class	19 March 1971	31 December 1990
INS Vidyut	K83	Vidyut Class	16 February 1971	31 March 1991
INS Vijeta	K84	Vidyut Class	27 March 1971	30 June 1992
INS Pratap	K92	Chamak Class	17 February 1976	17 May 1996
INS Charag	K97	Chamak Class	17 October 1977	17 May 1996
INS Prachand	K90	Chamak Class	17 February 1976	29 December 1999
INS Prabal	K93	Chamak Class	17 February 1976	29 December 1999
INS Pralaya	K91	Chamak Class	17 February 1976	8 June 2001
INS Chapal	K94	Chamak Class	4 November 1976	5 May 2005	Preserved at Karwar, Karnataka
INS Chamak	K95	Chamak Class	4 November 1976	5 May 2005
INS Chatak	K96	Chamak Class	9 February 1977	5 May 2005

Amphibious Warfare Ships

Ship	Pennant	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate
Landing Ship Infantry
HMIS El Hind		merchant requisitioned as Landing ship, infantry	1943		14 April 1944 destroyed in Bombay Explosion (1944)
Landing Ship Infantry
INS Shardul	L16	Kumbhir class	24 December 1975	June 1997
INS Kesari	L15	Kumbhir class	15 August 1975	8 May 1999
INS Ghorpad	L14	Kumbhir class	21 December 1974	11 January 2008
INS Sharabh	L17	Kumbhir class	27 January 1976	15 July 2011
Landing Craft Tank (re-designated Landing Craft Utility)
INS LCU 31^[9]^[10]	L31	LCU Mk.3	1980	1999
INS LCU 32^[9]^[10]	L32	LCU Mk.3	1980	2002
INS LCU 34^[9]^[10]	L34	LCU Mk.3	28 January 1980	2002

Auxilaries

Ship	Pennant	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Tanker
HMIS Chilka Renamed INS Chilka post republic.		Unique ship	1948	1976	scrapped in 1977
INS Shakti			29 January 1954	31 December 1967		Vintage WWII tanker purchased from U.K.
INS Deepak	A50	Deepak class	20 November 1967	30 April 1996
INS Shakti	A57	Deepak class	31 December 1975	21 July 2007
Submarine Tender
Amba	A54	Modified Ugra class	28 December 1968	July 2006	scrapped
Survey Ships
HMIS Investigator ^[3]		Unique ship	1932	1951
INS Investigator ^[3]		Modified River class	1951	30 September 1974	scrapped	formerly HMS Trent purchased in 1946 and renamed HMIS Kukri. Modified and converted to Survey Ship in 1950.
INS Darshak		Unique ship	1964	1990
INS Makar	J31	Makar Class ^[11]^[12]	31 January 1984	4 April 2005
INS Mithun	J32	Makar Class	31 March 1984	31 March 2007
INS Meen	J33	Makar Class	23 June 1984	24 April 2005	expended as a target for Brahmos test.^[13]
INS Mesh	J34	Makar Class	31 October 1984	1 February 1999
INS Nirdeshak	J19	Sandhayak-class survey ships	4 October 1983	19 December 2014 ^[14]

HMIS PARVATI ^[15]^[16]
HMIS Netravati
HMIS Dalhousie (barracks ship) ^[17]

Patrol Ships

Ship	Pennant	Class	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate
Offshore Patrol Vessel
HMIS RAMDAS^[5]		requsitioned armed merchant ship ^[18]	1940	1945	returned to merchant service.
HMIS Jamnagar^[8]		requisitioned armed merchant ship	1940	1947	sold and became M/V Hellenic Bulbul.
HMIS Ratnagiri^[8]		requisitioned armed merchant ship	1940
HMIS Hiravati^[8]		requisitioned armed merchant ship	1940
HMIS Prabhavati^[8]		requisitioned armed merchant ship	1940
HMIS Dipavati ^[19]		auxiliary patrol vessel
HMIS Sonvati^[20]		auxiliary patrol vessel
INS Sarayu	P54	Sukanya class	8 October 1991	2000	Sold to Sri Lanka in 2000 and in service as SLNS Sayura as the flagship of Sri Lanka Navy.
Patrol Vessel
INS Tarmugli	T64	Trinkat class	4 March 2002	23 February 2005	Transferred to Seychelles Coast Guard, as SCG PS Topaz
INS Seaward	T54	Seaward defense boat	September 1982	20 Jan 2006	Sunk to be made into an artificial reef
INS Tillanchang	T62	Trinkat class	17 March 2001	16 April 2006	Transferred to Maldivian Coast Guard, as CGS Huravee
INS Seawaves	T57	Seaward defense boat		24 Aug 2006
INS Seawater	T55	Seaward defense boat		2008-2009
INS Seawind	T56	Seaward defense boat		2008-2009
INS Seasand	T59	Seaward defense boat		07 Sept 2009
INS Searock	T60	Seaward defense boat		07 Sept 2009
INS Seastorm	T58	Seaward defense boat		20 Jul 2010

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↑ Rohwer & Hummelchen, p.23
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↑ "House of commons debate - Indian, Burman, and Colonial War Effort.". House of Commons of the United Kingdom. 20 Nov 1940.
↑ "Fighting the U-boats = Indian Naval forces". Uboat.net.
↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 In the Wake, E C Streatfeild-James
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↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Mark 3 Landing Craft". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
↑ "Makar Class". Bharat Rakshak.
↑ "J33 Makar Class". Global Security.
↑ http://www.brahmos.com/newscenter.php?newsid=123
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↑ http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/RIN/RIN-4.html
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