List of active Indian Navy ships explained

List of active Indian Navy ships is a list of ships in active service with the Indian Navy. In service ships are taken from the official Indian Navy website.^[1] As of April 2024, the Indian Navy possesses two aircraft carriers, one amphibious transport dock, four tank landing ships, 12 destroyers, 13 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 well as various auxiliary vessels and small patrol boats. For ships no longer in service see list of ships of the Indian Navy and for future acquisitions of the fleet, see future ships of the Indian Navy.

Submarine fleet

See main article: List of submarines of the Indian Navy.

Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBN)

Class	Picture	Type	Boats	Origin	Displacement	Notes
Active (2)
Arihant class		Ballistic missile submarine (SSBN)	INS Arihant (S2)		6,000 tonnes	First Indian origin nuclear submarine class
			INS Arighaat (S3)

Conventionally-powered attack submarines (SSK)

Class	Picture	Type	Boats	Origin	Displacement	Notes
Active (16)
		Attack submarine	INS Kalvari (S21)		2,000 tonnes	Indian Scorpène-class variant.^[2]
			INS Khanderi (S22)
			INS Karanj (S23)
			INS Vela (S24)
			INS Vagir (S25)
		Attack submarine	INS Sindhughosh (S55)		3,076 tonnes	Indian Kilo-class (Project 877) variant.
			INS Sindhuraj (S57)
			INS Sindhuratna (S59)
			INS Sindhukesari (S60)
			INS Sindhukirti (S61)
			INS Sindhuvijay (S62)
			INS Sindhurashtra (S65)
		Attack submarine			1,850 tonnes	Indian Type 209 class variant (Type 209-1500).^[3]

Surface fleet

Aircraft carriers

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Origin	Displacement	Note
Active (2)
Vikrant class		Aircraft carrier	INS Vikrant (R11)		45,000 tonnes	Also known as IAC-1.
		Aircraft carrier	INS Vikramaditya (R33)		45,400 tonnes	Modified .

Amphibious warfare ships

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Origin	Displacement	Note
Amphibious transport docks (1)
		Amphibious transport dock (LPD)			16,590 tonnes	Ex
Landing ship tanks (4)
		Landing ship tank (LST)	INS Gharial (L23)		5,665 tonnes^[4]
		Landing ship tank (LST)	INS Shardul (L16)		5,650 tonnes^[5]
			INS Kesari (L15)
			INS Airavat (L24)
Landing craft (8)
Mk. IV LCU		Landing craft utility (LCU)	INS LCU 51 (L51)		830 tonnes^[6]
			INS LCU 52 (L52)
			INS LCU 53 (L53)
			INS LCU 54 (L54)
			INS LCU 55 (L55)
			INS LCU 56 (L56)
			INS LCU 57 (L57)
			INS LCU 58 (L58)

Destroyers

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Origin	Displacement	Note
Active (12)
		Guided missile destroyer	^[7]		7,400 tonnes ^[8]	Follow on of the with improved stealth features.^[9] ^[10]
			^[11]
			^[12] ^[13]
		Guided missile destroyer			7,400 tonnes^[14]
			^[15]
Delhi class		Guided missile destroyer	INS Delhi (D61)		6,200 tonnes
			INS Mysore (D60)
			INS Mumbai (D62)
Rajput class		Guided missile destroyer	INS Rana (D52)		5,000 tonnes	Built in the Soviet Union to Indian design modifications of the .
			INS Ranvir (D54)
			INS Ranvijay (D55)

Frigates

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Origin	Displacement	Note
Active (13)
Shivalik class		Guided missile frigate	INS Shivalik (F47)		6,200 tonnes
			INS Satpura (F48)
			INS Sahyadri (F49)
Talwar class		Guided missile frigate	INS Talwar (F40)		4,035 tonnes	First three vessels to be upgraded.
			INS Trishul (F43)
			INS Tabar (F44)
			INS Teg (F45)
			INS Tarkash (F50)
			INS Trikand (F51)
			INS Tushil (F52)^[16]
Brahmaputra class		Guided missile frigate	INS Brahmaputra (F31)		3,850 tonnes	Enhanced Godavari-class variant.
			INS Betwa (F39)
			INS Beas (F37)

Corvettes

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Origin	Displacement	Note
Active (18)
Kamorta class		ASW corvette	INS Kamorta (P28)		3,300 tonnes	The class is primarily designed for anti-submarine warfare.
			INS Kadmatt (P29)
			INS Kiltan (P30)
			INS Kavaratti (P31)
Kora class		Corvette	INS Kora (P61)		1,400 tonnes
			INS Kirch (P62)
			INS Kulish (P63)
			INS Karmuk (P64)
Khukri class		Corvette	INS Kuthar (P46)		1,350 tonnes
			INS Khanjar (P47)
Veer class		Corvette	INS Vibhuti (K45)		455 tonnes	Indian variant of the Soviet .^[17] ^[18]
			INS Vipul (K46)
			INS Vinash (K47)
			INS Vidyut (K48)
			INS Nashak (K83)
			INS Pralaya (K91)
			INS Prabal (K92)
Abhay class		ASW corvette	INS Abhay (P33)		485 tonnes	Indian variant of the Soviet .

Offshore patrol vessels

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Origin	Displacement	Note
Active (10)
Saryu class		Offshore patrol vessel	INS Saryu (P54)		2,300 tonnes
			INS Sunayna (P57)
			INS Sumedha (P58)
			INS Sumitra (P59)
Sukanya class		Offshore patrol vessel	INS Sukanya (P50)		1,890 tonnes	Can be armed and upgraded to light frigate standard if needed.^[19]
			INS Subhadra (P51)
			INS Suvarna (P52)
			INS Savitri (P53)
			INS Sharda (P55)
			INS Sujata (P56)

Patrol vessels

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Origin	Displacement	Note
Active (19)
Car Nicobar class		Patrol vessels	Fleet I		325 tonnes
			INS Car Nicobar (T69)
			INS Chetlat (T70)
			INS Cora Divh (T71)
			INS Cheriyam (T72)
			INS Cankaraso (T73)
			INS Kondul (T74)
			INS Kalpeni (T75)
			INS Kabra (T76)
			INS Koswari (T77)
			INS Karuva (T78)
			Fleet II
			INS Tillanchang (T92)
			INS Tihayu (T93)
			INS Tarasa (T94)
Bangaram class		Patrol vessels	INS Bangaram (T65)		260 tonnes
			INS Bitra (T66)
			INS Batti Malv (T67)
			INS Baratang (T68)
Trinkat class		Patrol vessels	INS Trinkat (T61)		260 tonnes
			INS Tarmugli (formerly INS Tillanchang)

Patrol boats

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Origin	Displacement	Note
Active (106)
Immediate Support Vessel		Patrol boats	23 in service		60 tonnes	23 in service as of September 2015. Used by ONGC to protect off-shore establishments.^[20]
Super Dvora class		Patrol boats	5 in service		50 tonnes
Solas Marine fast interceptor boat		Patrol boats	76 in service^[21] ^[22] ^[23]		40 tonnes	Operated by Sagar Prahari Bal.^[24]

Auxiliary fleet

Replenishment ships

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Origin	Displacement	Note
Active (5)
Deepak class		Replenishment oiler	INS Deepak (A50)		27,500 tonnes
			INS Shakti (A57)
Aditya class		Replenishment oiler & Repair ship	INS Aditya (A59)		24,612 tonnes
Jyoti class		Replenishment oiler	INS Jyoti (A58)		35,900 tonnes
Ambika class		High sulphur diesel oiler	INS Ambika		1,000 tonnes

Research, survey and tracking vessels

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Origin	Displacement	Note
Active (11)
Anvesh class		Missile range instrumentation vessel/ Floating Test Range	INS Anvesh (A41)		11,300 tonnes	Serves as a sea-based platform for Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme^[25]
Dhruv class		Missile range instrumentation vessel	INS Dhruv (A40)		15,000 tonnes ^[26]
Sagardhwani class		Research vessel	INS Sagardhwani (A74)		2,050 tonnes
Sandhayak class (2023)		Survey vessel	INS Sandhayak (J18)		3,300 tonnes	^[27]
			INS Nirdeshak (J19)
Makar class		Survey vessel	INS Makar (J31)		500 tonnes
Sandhayak class		Survey vessel			1,800 tonnes	and decommissioned in 2014, 2021 and 2024 respectively.^[28]

Support ships

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Origin	Displacement	Note
Active (7)
		Troopship			19,000 tonnes	^[29] ^[30]
Nireekshak class		Diving support vessel	INS Nireekshak (A15)		2,160 tonnes
Astradharani class		Torpedo recovery vessel			650 tonnes	^[31] ^[32]
Dredger 1 class		Dredging vessel	Dredger 1			Ship built by Tebma Shipyard Limited and inducted on 25 March 2015.^[33]
DSRV class		Deep-submergence rescue vehicle	DSRV - 1		25 tonnes	^[34] ^[35] Will be deployed from the future Nistar-class diving support vessels.^[36]
			DSRV - 2

Training vessels

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Origin	Displacement	Note
Active (6)
Tir class		Training vessel	INS Tir (A86)		3,200 tonnes
Tarangini class		Training vessel (sail)	INS Tarangini (A75)		500 tonnes
			INS Sudarshini (A77)
Varuna class			Training vessel (sail)	INS Varuna		110 tonnes
Mhadei class		Training boat (sail)	INSV Mhadei (A76)		23 tonnes	Has been used for solo, unassisted, non-stop circumnavigation under sail two times.^[37] ^[38]
			INSV Tarini

Tugboats

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Origin	Displacement	Note
Active (25)
Gaj class		Ocean-going tugboat	INS Gaj		560 tonnes
IRS class		Ocean-going tugboat	INS Himmat		472 tonnes	50 tonne bollard pull tugs^[39] ^[40]
			INS Dhiraj
			INS Sahas
			INS Veeran
Madan Singh class		Tugboat	INS Madan Singh		382 tonnes
			INS Shambhu Singh
Bhim class		Tugboat	INS Bhim		373 tonnes
			INS Balshil
			INS Ajral
Nakul class		Tugboat	INS Nakul		373 tonnes
			INS Arjun
B.C. Dutt class		Tugboat	INS B. C. Dutt		355 tonnes
			INS Tarafdar
Arga class		Tugboat	INS Arga		239 tonnes
			INS Bali
			INS Anup
Balram class		Tugboat	INS Balram		216 tonnes
			INS Bajrang
Bahadur class		Tugboat	INS Bahadur		100 tonnes
Anand class		Tugboat	INS Anand		100 tonnes
Buland class		Tugboat	INS Balwan			25 tonne bollard pull tugs^[41] ^[42] ^[43]
			INS Sahayak
Sarthi class		Tugboat	INS Sarthi			25 tonne bollard pull tugs^[44]

Miscellaneous

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Origin	Displacement	Note
Active (26)
Manoram class		Small ferryboat	INS Manoram		578 tonnes
			INS Vihar
			INS Ankola
Shalimar class		Small ferryboat	INS Neelam		218 tonnes
			INS Mohini
GSL class		Small ferryboat	INS Manohar		175 tonnes
			INS Modak
			INS Mangal
			INS Madhur
			INS Manorama
			INS Manjula
IRS class		Ammunition/Missile/Torpedo carrier (barge)	LSAM 7		100 tonnes Cargo Hold	LSAM 7 to 14 by SECON Engineering Projects Pvt. Ltd.; LSAM 15 to 25 by Suryadipta Projects Pvt. Ltd.
			LSAM 8
			LSAM 9
			LSAM 10
			LSAM 13
			LSAM 15
			LSAM 16
			LSAM 17
			LSAM 18
			LSAM 19
			LSAM 20
			LSAM 21
Hooghly class		Fuel carrier (barge)	INS Hooghly		1,700 tonnes
			INS ???
			INS ???
			INS ???
Modest class		Fuel carrier (barge)	INS Purak		731 tonnes
			INS Puran
Poshak class		Fuel carrier (barge)	INS Poshak		671 tonnes
Vipul class		Water carrier (barge)	INS Pamba		598 tonnes
			INS Pulakesin-1
			INS Ambuda
Corporated class		Sullage (barge)	INS SB-II		220 tonnes
			INS SB-II
			INS SB-V
			INS SB-VII
Floating Dock Navy 1 (FDN-1)		Floating dock	Floating Dock (FDN-1)	Japan		Lifting capacity of 11,500 tonnes.^[45] ^[46]
Floating Dock Navy 2 (FDN-2)		Floating dock	Floating Dock (FDN-2)			Lifting capacity of 8,000 tonnes.^[47]

See also

Indian navy-related lists

• Aircraft of the Indian Navy
• Future of the Indian Navy
• Indian Coast Guard
• List of Indian naval aircraft
• List of Indian Navy bases
• List of submarines of the Indian Navy
• List of ships of the Indian Navy
• List of warships gifted by India

Indian military-related

• India-China Border Roads
• Indian military satellites
• List of active Indian military aircraft
• List of Indian Air Force stations
• List of Indian Navy bases
• India's overseas military bases
• Indian Nuclear Command Authority

Other related topics

• Currently active military equipment by country

External links

• Official Website of the Indian Navy - Indian Naval platforms
• Indian Navy fleet to grow to 160-plus by 2022

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