Indian Navy Fleet Inventory 🇮🇳

Overview

The Indian Navy is in a phase of ransitioning from a buyer's to a builder's navy with the strategic goal of becoming the primary security provider in the Indian Ocean Region. This ambition is driven by the need to protect vital sea lanes of communication and to counter the growing influence of extra-regional powers. The navy's maritime strategy has evolved from coastal defense to a forward-postured, blue-water capability, aiming to operate across the expanse of the Indo-Pacific. This strategic shift emphasizes power projection, maritime security, and disaster relief, positioning India as a key actor in regional stability.

The fleet is structured around carrier battle groups, with the domestically built INS Vikrant and the INS Vikramaditya forming the core of its power projection capabilities. These carriers are supported by modern, multi-role destroyers, such as the Visakhapatnam-class (Project 15B), and a growing number of frigates, including the new Nilgiri-class. The submarine arm is also a focus of modernization with the induction of French-designed Kalvari-class (Project 75) diesel-electric attack submarines, which are set to be equipped with Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) systems to enhance their stealth and endurance. The development of indigenous nuclear-powered attack (SSN) and ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) underscores India's commitment to a credible nuclear triad and underwater dominance.

A robust shipbuilding program is the cornerstone of the navy's growth, with the "Make in India" initiative driving domestic production. As of early 2025, a significant number of ships and submarines were under construction in Indian shipyards like Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) and Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE). The country is aiming to field a fleet of 175 to 200 warships by 2035. This ambitious plan includes next-generation destroyers, frigates, corvettes, and mine countermeasure vessels. The emphasis is on oceangoing, blue-water vessels capable of sustained operations far from the coast.

The Indian Navy's operational reach is extensive, demonstrated by large-scale exercises like the Theatre Level Operational Exercise (TROPEX), which covers vast areas of the Indian Ocean, from the Strait of Hormuz to the Sunda and Lombok Straits. This signals the navy's capability to conduct complex, large-scale coordinated operations involving multiple warships, submarines, and aircraft. The procurement of MH-60R helicopters and MQ-9B SeaGuardian drones enhances its anti-submarine and surveillance capabilities. Through strategic partnerships, particularly with the US, Japan, and Australia under the Quad framework, and traditional partners like Russia and France, the Indian Navy is enhancing its interoperability and extending its strategic footprint across the Indo-Pacific.

Key facts

Official Name	Indian Navy
Country	🇮🇳 India
World rank	#10
Ships in service	290 (as of 2025)
Total ships	290
Naval ensign

Number of active ships by category

Ship category	Active
Patrol boats	136
Support ships	77
Submarines	18
Corvettes	18
Amphibious ships	16
Frigates	12
Destroyers	11
Aircraft carriers	2

Detailed inventory of Indian Navy

Amphibious ships

Type	Class	Ship Name	Hull Number	Status	Year
Amphibious transport dock	Austin	INS Jalashwa	L41	Active	2007
Landing ship tank	Kumbhir	INS Cheetah	L18	Active	1987
	Kumbhir	INS Guldar	L21	Active	1988
	Kumbhir	INS Kumbhir	L22	Active	2000
	Magar	INS Gharial	L23	Active	1986
Landing craft utility	Mk. IV LCU	INS LCU 51	L51	Active	2006
	Mk. IV LCU	INS LCU 52	L52	Active	2007
	Mk. IV LCU	INS LCU 53	L53	Active	2008
	Mk. IV LCU	INS LCU 54	L54	Active	2008
	Mk. IV LCU	INS LCU 55	L55	Active	2009
	Mk. IV LCU	INS LCU 56	L56	Active	2010
	Mk. IV LCU	INS LCU 57	L57	Active	2011
	Mk. IV LCU	INS LCU 58	L58	Active	2012
Landing ship tank	Shardul	INS Shardul	L16	Active	2007
	Shardul	INS Kesari	L15	Active	2008
	Shardul	INS Airavat	L24	Active	2009

Aircraft carriers

Type	Class	Ship Name	Hull Number	Status	Year
Aircraft carrier	Kiev	INS Vikramaditya	R33	Active	2013
	Vikrant	INS Vikrant	R11	Active	2022

Corvettes

Type	Class	Ship Name	Hull Number	Status	Year
ASW corvette	Abhay	INS Abhay	P33	Active	1989
	Kamorta	INS Kamorta	P28	Active	2014
	Kamorta	INS Kadmatt	P29	Active	2016
	Kamorta	INS Kiltan	P30	Active	2017
	Kamorta	INS Kavaratti	P31	Active	2020
Corvette	Khukri	INS Kuthar	P46	Active	1989
	Khukri	INS Khanjar	P47	Active	1991
Guided missile corvette	Kora	INS Kora	P61	Active	1998
	Kora	INS Kirch	P62	Active	2001
	Kora	INS Kulish	P63	Active	2001
	Kora	INS Karmuk	P64	Active	2002
Corvette	Veer	INS Vibhuti	K45	Active	1987
	Veer	INS Vipul	K46	Active	1988
	Veer	INS Vinash	K47	Active	1988
	Veer	INS Vidyut	K48	Active	1989
	Veer	INS Nashak	K83	Active	1995
	Veer	INS Pralaya	K91	Active	2002
	Veer	INS Prabal	K92	Active	2002

Destroyers

Type	Class	Ship Name	Hull Number	Status	Year
Guided missile destroyer	Delhi	INS Delhi	D61	Active	1997
	Delhi	INS Mysore	D60	Active	1999
	Delhi	INS Mumbai	D62	Active	2001
	Kolkata	INS Kolkata	D63	Active	2014
	Kolkata	INS Kochi	D64	Active	2015
	Kolkata	INS Chennai	D65	Active	2016
	Rajput	INS Rana	D52	Active	1982
	Rajput	INS Ranvir	D54	Active	1986
	Rajput	INS Ranvijay	D55	Active	1988
	Visakhapatnam	INS Visakhapatnam	D66	Active	2021
	Visakhapatnam	INS Mormugao	D67	Active	2022

Frigates

Type	Class	Ship Name	Hull Number	Status	Year
Guided missile frigate	Brahmaputra	INS Brahmaputra	F31	Active	2000
	Brahmaputra	INS Betwa	F39	Active	2004
	Brahmaputra	INS Beas	F37	Active	2005
	Shivalik	INS Shivalik	F47	Active	2010
	Shivalik	INS Satpura	F48	Active	2011
	Shivalik	INS Sahyadri	F49	Active	2012
	Talwar	INS Talwar	F40	Active	2003
	Talwar	INS Trishul	F43	Active	2003
	Talwar	INS Tabar	F44	Active	2004
	Talwar	INS Teg	F45	Active	2012
	Talwar	INS Tarkash	F50	Active	2012
	Talwar	INS Trikand	F51	Active	2013

Patrol boats

Type	Class	Ship Name	Hull Number	Status	Year
Patrol vessels	Bangaram	INS Bangaram	T65	Active	2004
	Bangaram	INS Bitra	T66	Active	2004
	Bangaram	INS Batti Malv	T67	Active	2004
	Bangaram	INS Baratang	T68	Active	2005
	Car Nicobar	Fleet I	T69-T78 (10 ships)	Active	2010
	Car Nicobar	Fleet II	T92-T94 (3 ships)	Active	2013
Patrol boats	Immediate Support Vessel		(23 ships)	Active	2015
Offshore patrol vessel	Saryu	INS Saryu	P54	Active	2013
	Saryu	INS Sunayna	P57	Active	2014
	Saryu	INS Sumedha	P58	Active	2015
	Saryu	INS Sumitra	P59	Active	2015
Patrol boats	Solas Marine fast interceptor boat		(80 ships)	Active	-
Offshore patrol vessel	Sukanya	INS Sukanya	P50	Active	1989
	Sukanya	INS Subhadra	P51	Active	1990
	Sukanya	INS Suvarna	P52	Active	1990
	Sukanya	INS Sharada	P55	Active	1990
	Sukanya	INS Sujata	P56	Active	1990
	Sukanya	INS Savitri	P53	Active	1996
Patrol boats	Super Dvora		(5 ships)	Active	-
Patrol vessels	Trinkat	INS Trinkat	T61	Active	2001

Submarines

Type	Class	Ship Name	Hull Number	Status	Year
Ballistic missile submarine (SSBN)	Arihant	INS Arihant	S2	Active	2016
	Arihant	INS Arighat	S3	Active	2018
Attack submarine	Kalvari	INS Kalvari	S21	Active	2017
	Kalvari	INS Karanj	S23	Active	2018
	Kalvari	INS Khanderi	S22	Active	2019
	Kalvari	INS Vagir	S25	Active	2020
	Kalvari	INS Vela	S24	Active	2021
	Shishumar	INS Shishumar	S44	Active	1986
	Shishumar	INS Shalki	S46	Active	1992
	Shishumar	INS Shankush	S45	Active	1994
	Shishumar	INS Shankul	S47	Active	2005
	Sindhughosh	INS Sindhughosh	S55	Active	1986
	Sindhughosh	INS Sindhuraj	S57	Active	1987
	Sindhughosh	INS Sindhuratna	S59	Active	1988
	Sindhughosh	INS Sindhukesari	S60	Active	1995
	Sindhughosh	INS Sindhukirti	S61	Active	2004
	Sindhughosh	INS Sindhuvijay	S62	Active	2011
	Sindhughosh	INS Sindhurashtra	S65	Active	2021

Support ships

Type	Class	Ship Name	Hull Number	Status	Year
Replenishment oiler & Repair ship	Aditya	INS Aditya	A59	Active	2000
High sulphur diesel oiler	Ambika	INS Ambika		Active	-
Tugboat	Anand	INS Anand		Active	-
Missile range instrumentation vessel/ Floating Test Range	Anvesh	INS Anvesh	A41	Active	-
Tugboat	Arga	INS Anup		Active	-
	Arga	INS Arga		Active	-
	Arga	INS Bali		Active	-
Torpedo recovery vessel	Astradharani	INS Astradharani	A61	Active	-
Tugboat	B.C. Dutt	INS B. C. Dutt		Active	-
	B.C. Dutt	INS Tarafdar		Active	-
	Bahadur	INS Bahadur		Active	-
	Balram	INS Bajrang		Active	-
	Balram	INS Balram		Active	-
	Bhim	INS Ajral		Active	-
	Bhim	INS Balshil		Active	-
	Bhim	INS Bhim		Active	-
	Buland	INS Balwan		Active	-
	Buland	INS Buland		Active	-
	Buland	INS Sahayak		Active	-
Sullage (barge)	Corporated	INS SB-II		Active	-
	Corporated	INS SB-V		Active	-
	Corporated	INS SB-VII		Active	-
Deep-submergence rescue vehicle	DSRV	DSRV - 1		Active	-
	DSRV	DSRV - 2		Active	-
Replenishment oiler	Deepak	INS Shakti	A57	Active	2000
	Deepak	INS Deepak	A50	Active	2011
Missile range instrumentation vessel	Dhruv	INS Dhruv	A40	Active	-
Dredging vessel	Dredger 1	Dredger 1		Active	2015
Small ferryboat	GSL	INS Madhur		Active	-
	GSL	INS Mangal		Active	-
	GSL	INS Manjula		Active	-
	GSL	INS Manohar		Active	-
	GSL	INS Manorama		Active	-
	GSL	INS Modak		Active	-
Ocean-going tugboat	Gaj	INS Gaj		Active	-
Fuel carrier (barge)	Hooghly			Active	-
	Hooghly			Active	-
	Hooghly			Active	-
	Hooghly			Active	-
Ocean-going tugboat	IRS	INS Dhiraj		Active	-
	IRS	INS Himmat		Active	-
	IRS	INS Sahas		Active	-
	IRS	INS Veeran		Active	-
Replenishment oiler	Jyoti	INS Jyoti	A58	Active	2013
Tugboat	Madan Singh	INS Madan Singh		Active	-
	Madan Singh	INS Shambhu Singh		Active	-
Survey vessel	Makar	INS Makar	J31	Active	2008
Small ferryboat	Manoram	INS Ankola		Active	-
	Manoram	INS Manoram		Active	-
	Manoram	INS Vihar		Active	-
Training boat (sail)	Mhadei	INSV Tarini		Active	-
	Mhadei	INSV Mhadei	A76	Active	-
Fuel carrier (barge)	Modest	INS Purak		Active	-
	Modest	INS Puran		Active	-
Tugboat	Nakul	INS Arjun		Active	-
	Nakul	INS Nakul		Active	-
Troopship	Nicobar	INS Andamans		Active	-
	Nicobar	INS Nicobar		Active	-
Diving support vessel	Nireekshak	INS Nireekshak	A15	Active	-
Fuel carrier (barge)	Poshak	INS Poshak		Active	-
Research vessel	Sagardhwani	INS Sagardhwani	A74	Active	1986
Survey vessel	Sandhayak	INS Investigator	J15	Active	1976
	Sandhayak	INS Nirupak	J20	Active	1978
	Sandhayak	INS Darshak	J21	Active	1981
	Sandhayak	INS Jamuna	J16	Active	1982
	Sandhayak	INS Sutlej	J17	Active	1983
	Sandhayak	INS Sarvekshak	J22	Active	1989
Tugboat	Sarthi	INS Sarthi		Active	-
Small ferryboat	Shalimar	INS Mohini		Active	-
	Shalimar	INS Neelam		Active	-
Training vessel (sail)	Tarangini	INS Tarangini	A75	Active	-
	Tarangini	INS Sudarshini	A77	Active	-
Training vessel	Tir	INS Tir	A86	Active	-
Training vessel (sail)	Varuna	INS Varuna		Active	-
Water carrier (barge)	Vipul	INS Ambuda		Active	-
	Vipul	INS Pamba		Active	-
	Vipul	INS Pulakesin-1		Active	-

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