[Defence] Indian Naval Ships

Indian Defence – Naval Ships

This article contains the details of Indian Naval Ships that are in use now

Synopsis:

(01) Nuclear powered Submarine

(02) Conventionally Powered Submarines

(03) Aircraft Carriers

(04) Amphibious Warfare Ship

(05) Landing Ships

(06) Destroyers

(07) Frigates

(08) Corvettes

(09) Mine Countermeasure Vessels

(10) Patrol Vessels

(11) INS Kolkata

(12) INS Kamorta

(13) Navy Procurement Plan / Various Projects of Indian Navy

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 (01) Nuclear Powered Submarine:

#	Name	Type	Ships	Origin	Weight
01	Chakra (Akula II)	Attack Submarine	INS Chakra (S71)	Russia	12, 770 tonnes	Under a 10 year lease from Russia, since 2012
02	Arihant	Ballistic Missile Submarine	INS Arihant (S73)	India	6000 tonnes	Undergoing sea trials, expected to be commissioned by 2014-2015.

 (02) Conventionally Powered Submarines:

#	Class	Type	Ships	Origin	Weight
01	Sindhughosh – class	Attack Submarine	INS Sindhushosh (S55)	Russia	3076 tonnes
02			INS Sindhudhvaj (S56)
03			INS Sindhuraj (S57)
04			INS Sindhuvir (S58)
05			INS Sindhuratna (S59)
06			INS Sindhukesari (S60)
07			INS Sindhukirti (S61)
08			INS Sindhuvijay (S62)
09			INS Sindhurakshak (S63)
10			INS Sindhushastra (S65)
11	Shishumar - Class	Attack Submarine	INS Shishumar (S44)	Germany	1850 tonnes
12			INS Shankush (S45)
13			INS Shalki (S46)
14			INS Shankul (S47)

 (03) Aircraft carriers:

#	Class	Type	Ships	Origin	Weight
01	Centaur - Class	Aircraft Carrier	INS Viraat (R22)	UK	28700 tonnes	STOVL carrier. Scheduled to be decommissioned by 2017 and replaced by INS Vikrant.
02	Modified Kiev - Class		INS Vikramaditya (R33)	Russia	45400 tonnes

(04) Amphibious Warfare Ships:

#	Class	Type	Ships	Origin	Weight
01	Austin - Class	Amphibious transport dock	INS Jalashwa (L41)	USA	16590 tonnes	Under terms of sale, Jalashwa cannot be used during a war, unless such action is granted by the United States (Pentagon).

(05) Landing Ships:

#	Class	Type	Ships	Origin	Weight
01	Shardul – Class	Landing Ship Tank	INS Shardul (L16)	India	5600 tonnes
02			INS Kesari (L15)
03			INS Airavat (L24)
04	Magar – Class		INS Magar (L20)		5655 tonnes
05			INS Gharial (L23)
06	Kumbhir – Class		INS Cheetah (L18)	Poland	1100 tonnes
07			INS Mahish (L19)
08			INS Guldar (L21)
09			INS Kumbhir (L22)

 (06) Destroyers:

#	Class	Type	Ships	Origin	Weight
01	Kolkata – Class	Stealth Guided Missile Destroyer	INS Kolkata (D63) [Handed over to Indian Navy on July 10, 2014]	India	7500 tonnes	(INS Kochi & INS Chennai to be commissionedsoon)
02	Delhi – Class	Guided Missile Destroyer	INS Delhi (D61)	India	6700 tonnes
03			INS Mysore (D60)
04			INS Mumbai (D62)
05	Rajput – Class		INS Rajput (D51)	India and Russia	4974 tonnes	Built in Russia, [as per Indian design]
06			INS Rana (D52)
07			INS Ranjit (D53)
08			INS Ranvir (D54)
09			INS Ranvijay (D55)

(07) Frigates:

#	Class	Type	Ships	Origin	Weight
01	Shivalik – Class	Multi role stealth Frigate	INS Shivalik (F47)	India	6200 tonnes
02			INS Satpura (F48)
03			INS Sahyadri (F49)
04	Talwar – Class		INS Talwar (F40)	Russia	4035 tonnes
05			INS Trishul (F43)
06			INS Tabar (F44)
07			INS Teg (F45)
08			INS Tarkash (F50)
09			INS Trikand (F51)
10	Brahmaputra – Class	Guided Missile Frigate	INS Brahmaputra (F31)	India	3850 tonnes
11			INS Betwa (F39)
12			INS Beas (F37)
13	Godavari - Class		INS Godavari (F20)
14			INS Garga (F22)
15			INS Gomati (F21)

 (08) Corvettes:

#	Class	Type	Ships	Origin	Weight
01	Kamorta – Class	Stealth Corvette	INS Kamorta (P28) [Commissioned in Aug 2014]	India	3500 tonnes	3 more ships (INS Kadmatt, INS Kiltan and INS Kavaratti)
02	Kora – Class	Corvette	INS Kora (P61)	India	1350 tonnes
03			INS Kirch (P62)
04			INS Kulish (P63)
05			INS Karmuk (P64)
06	Khukri – Class		INS Khukri (P49)
07			INS Kuthar (P46)
08			INS Kirpan (P44)
09			INS Khanjar (P47)
10	Veer – Class	Light Corvette	INS Veer (K40)	India , Russia	455 tonnes	Customized Indian variant of Russia’s Tarantul Class
11			INS Nirbhik (K41)
12			INS Npat (K42)
13			INS Nshank (K43)
14			INS Nrghat (K44)
15			INS Vibhuti (K45)
16			INS Vipul (K46)
17			INS Vinash (K47)
18			INS idyut (K48)
19			INS Nashak (K83)
20			INS Prabal (K92)
21			INS Pralaya (K91)
22	Abhay – Class		INS Abhay (P33)	India, Russia	485 tonnes	Customized Indian variant of Russia’s Pauk Class Corvettes
23			INS Ajay (P34)
24			INS Akshay (P35)
25			INS Agray (P36)

 (09) Mine Countermeasure Vessels:

#	Class	Type	Ships	Origin	Weight
01	Pondicherry – Class	Minesweeper	INS Alleppey (M65)	Russia	891 tonnes
02			INS Karwar (M67)
03			INS Cannaore (M68)
04			INS Cuddalore (M69)
05			INS Kakinada (M70)
06			INS Kozhikode (M71)
07			INS Konkan (M72)

  

(10) Patrol Vessels:

·        47 ships are in service

·        Some of them are:

Ø     INS Sukanya

Ø     INS Sunayna

Ø     INS Sumitra (commissioned in sep 2014)

Ø     INS Car Nicobar

Ø     INS Sujata and others

(11) INS Kolkata:

·        Officially commissioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a ceremony on 16 August 2014

·        Constructed at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL)

·        Handed over to the navy on 10 July 2014 after completing her sea trials

·        INS Kolkata is a part of the “Project 15 A” class comprising of three ships namely – Kolkata, Kochi and Chennai

·        These are the first indigenous stealth destroyers being built in India

 (12) INS Kamorta:

·        Union Defence Minister, Arun Jaitley commissioned INS Kamorta (P28)

·        It is first of four anti-submarine Kamorta-class stealth corvettes being built for the Indian Navy

·        Named after Kamorta (Camorta) island in Nicobar islands, India

·        INS Kamorta is the first Indian Navy ship to be built with carbon fiber reinforced plastic

·        Designed and manufactured by GRSE (Garden Research Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd - Kolkata)

·        Part of “Project 28”

·        She is the first indigenous anti-submarine corvette as well as the first indigenous stealth corvette built by India

(13) Navy Procurement Plan / Various Projects of Navy:

Projects	Status	Entry into Service
Project 15A ‘Kolkata’ class Destroyer	All three 6,800 tonne destroyers are significantly behind schedule.	First of class INS Kolkata, delivered his year. Sister ships INS Kochi and INS are likely to both be in service by 2016
Project 15B Destroyer	Follow on class to Project 15A. Contract for four P-15B ships has been signed in January 2011,	Delivery schedule for four ships projected to be July 2018, July 2020, July 2022 and July 2024
Project 17 ‘Shivalik’ class Frigate	INS Sahyadri, the third and last of the Shivalik-class was delivered this year	First two ships, INS Shivalik and INS Satpura already on active duty with Indian Navy
Project 17 A Frigate	Will consist of seven frigates.	First of class expected to be delivered to the Indian Navy post 2018.
Project  28 ‘Kamorta’ class ASW Corvette	Total of four in class. Keel of the third ASW corvette ‘Kiltan’ was laid in August 2010. Fourth and last of class named ‘Kavaratti.’	INS Kamorta delivered; INS Kadmatt in 2013.
Project 75 ‘Scorpene’	Total of six on order, has experienced substantial delays, but project is now said to be back on track.	First Scorpene submarine will join the Indian Navy only in 2016. Deliveries of remaining 5 submarines will be completed by 2021

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