List of active Indian Navy ships

List of active Indian Navy ships

The Indian Navy, the naval warfare branch of the Indian Armed Forces, operated a fleet of about 145 surface combatant vessels and submarines as of November 2025. By inventory, the Indian Navy's principal assets include its aircraft carriers – the service has operated four aircraft carriers since 1961, and submarines – which presently includes a strategic submarine force. It also operates a fleet of amphibious assault ships, guided missile destroyers, and stealth frigates amongst others. However, it still lacks certain capability-specific assets such as mine countermeasures vessels, and has quantitatively inadequate fleet of certain vessels such as attack submarines.

The Indian Naval fleet inventory is divided amongst its three regional formations:

• Western Naval Command: Headquartered in Mumbai, it consists of the Western Fleet – responsible for naval operations in the Arabian Sea, which flanks India's western coastline. Given its geographical location, it is central to any conflict involving Pakistan. • Eastern Naval Command: Headquartered in Visakhapatnam, it consists of the Eastern Fleet – responsible for naval operations in the Bay of Bengal, which flanks India's eastern coastline. In addition, it serves as the home command of India strategic submarine fleet – which oversees the country's nuclear second-strike deterrence force. • Southern Naval Command: Headquartered in Kochi, it is the Indian Navy's largest command – responsible for service's training requirements.

The Indian Navy's Maritime Capability Perspective Plan for the period 2012–2027 had set the objective of the service becoming a 250-ship fleet by 2035. However, as of November 2025, the service is expected to achieve a fleet size of over 200 ships by 2035. Additionally, the Naval air arm operates more than 250 aircraft, including carrier-based aircraft, helicopters, maritime patrol aircraft, in support of the fleet.

Heritage fleet

List of active Indian Navy ships

Sailing ship
Class	Image	Boat	No.	Disp. (t)	Comm.	Origin	Homeport	Note
Kaundinya-class		INSV Kaundinya	-	70	2025	India	Karwar	Stitched sailing ship built in honor of Kaundinya I, with its design based on ancient paintings found in Ajanta Caves.

Submarine fleet

List of active Indian Navy ships

Nuclear ballistic missile submarine (3)
Class	Image	Boat	No.	Disp. (t)	Comm.	Origin	Homeport	Note
Arihant class		INS Arihant	S2	6,000	2016	India	Visakhapatnam	First ever indigenously-built class of nuclear ballistic missile submarines.
INS Arighaat	S3	2024
INS Aridhaman	S4	7,000	2026
Attack submarine (16)
Class	Image	Boat	No.	Disp. (t)	Comm.	Origin	Homeport	Note
Kalvari class		INS Kalvari	S21	1,800	2017	France  India	Mumbai	Indian-specific variant of the Scorpène-class submarine.
INS Khanderi	S22	2019	Karwar
INS Karanj	S23	2021
INS Vela	S24	2021	Mumbai
INS Vagir	S25	2023
INS Vagsheer	S26	2025
Sindhughosh class		INS Sindhuraj	S57	3,076	1987	Soviet Union  Russia	Mumbai	Indian-specific variant of the Kilo-class submarine (P.877).
INS Sindhuratna	S59	1988
INS Sindhukesari	S60	1988	Visakhapatnam
INS Sindhukirti	S61	1989
INS Sindhuvijay	S62	1991
INS Sindhurashtra	S65	2000
Shishumar class		INS Shishumar	S44	1,850	1986	West Germany  India	Mumbai	Indian-specific variant of the Type 209/1500 submarine.
INS Shankush	S45	1986
INS Shalki	S46	1992
INS Shankul	S47	1994

Surface fleet

Aircraft carriers

Aircraft carrier (2)
Class	Image	Boat	No.	Disp. (t)	Comm.	Origin	Homeport	Note
Vikrant class		INS Vikrant	R11	45,000	2022	India	Karwar	First indigenously-built aircraft carrier.
Kiev class		INS Vikramaditya	R33	45,000	2013	Russia	Karwar	Ex-aircraft cruiser Gorshkov; refurbished and sold to India in 2004.

Amphibious warfare ships

Amphibious transport dock (1)
Class	Image	Boat	No.	Disp. (t)	Comm.	Origin	Homeport	Note
Austin class		INS Jalashwa	L41	16,590	2007	United States	Visakhapatnam	Ex-USS Trenton; refurbished and sold to India in 2007.
Landing Ship Tank (4)
Class	Image	Boat	No.	Disp. (t)	Comm.	Origin	Homeport	Note
Magar class		INS Gharial	L23	5,665	1997	India	Visakhapatnam
Shardul class		INS Shardul	L16	5,650	2007	India	Kochi	Follow-on of the Magar Class Landing Ship Tanks .
INS Kesari	L15	2008	Sri Vijaya Puram
INS Airavat	L24	2009	Visakhapatnam
Landing Craft Utility (8)
Class	Image	Boat	No.	Disp. (t)	Comm.	Origin	Homeport	Note
Mk. IV LCU		INS LCU 51	L51	830	2017	India	Sri Vijaya Puram	Follow-on of the Mk. III LCU class.
INS LCU 52	L52	2017
INS LCU 53	L53	2018
INS LCU 54	L54	2018
INS LCU 55	L55	2018
INS LCU 56	L56	2019
INS LCU 57	L57	2020
INS LCU 58	L58	2021

Destroyers

Destroyer (13)
Class	Image	Boat	No.	Disp. (t)	Comm.	Origin	Homeport	Note
Visakhapatnam class		INS Visakhapatnam	D66	7,400	2021	India	Mumbai	Upgraded derivative of the Kolkata-class destroyers.
INS Mormugao	D67	2022	Karwar
INS Imphal	D68	2023	Mumbai
INS Surat	D69	2025
Kolkata class		INS Kolkata	D63	7,400	2014	India	Mumbai	Upgraded derivative of Delhi-class destroyers.
INS Kochi	D64	2015
INS Chennai	D65	2016	Karwar
Delhi class		INS Delhi	D61	6,200	1997	India	Visakhapatnam	First class of indigenously-built destroyers.
INS Mysore	D60	1999
INS Mumbai	D62	2001
Rajput class		INS Rana	D52	4,974	1982	Soviet Union	Visakhapatnam	Indian-derivative of the Kashin class destroyers.
INS Ranvir	D54	1986
INS Ranvijay	D55	1987

Frigates

Frigate (19)
Class	Image	Boat	No.	Disp. (t)	Comm.	Origin	Homeport	Note
Nilgiri class		INS Nilgiri	F33	6,670	2025	India	Visakhapatnam	Upgraded derivative of Shivalik class frigates.
INS Himgiri	F34	2025
INS Udaygiri	F35	2025
INS Taragiri	F41	2026
INS Dunagiri	F36	2026	Delivered
Shivalik class		INS Shivalik	F47	6,200	2010	India	Visakhapatnam	Indigenously-built frigates with low observability.
INS Satpura	F48	2011
INS Sahyadri	F49	2012
Talwar class		INS Talwar	F40	4,035	2003	Russia	Mumbai	Improved derivative of the Krivak-III frigate.
INS Trishul	F43	2003
INS Tabar	F44	2004
INS Teg	F45	2012
INS Tarkash	F50	2012
INS Trikand	F51	2013
INS Tushil	F70	2024	Karwar
INS Tamal	F71	2025
Brahmaputra class		INS Brahmaputra	F31	3,850	2000	India	Mumbai	Upgraded derivative of the Godavari class.
INS Betwa	F39	2004
INS Beas	F37	2005

Corvettes

<table><thead><tr><th>Corvette (23)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Class</td><td>Image</td><td>Boat</td><td>No.</td><td>Disp. (t)</td><td>Comm.</td><td>Origin</td><td>Homeport</td><td>Note</td></tr><tr><td>Arnala class</td><td></td><td>INS Arnala</td><td>P68</td><td>1,490</td><td>2025</td><td> India</td><td>Visakhapatnam</td><td>Dedicated ASW fleet envisaged to replace the former Abhay-class corvette.</td></tr><tr><td>INS Androth</td><td>P69</td><td>2025</td></tr><tr><td>INS Anjadip</td><td>P73</td><td>2026</td></tr><tr><td>INS Agray</td><td>P36</td><td>2026</td><td>Delivered</td></tr><tr><td>Mahe class</td><td></td><td>INS Mahe</td><td>P80</td><td>1,100</td><td>2025</td><td> India</td><td>Mumbai</td></tr><tr><td>INS Malwan</td><td>P81</td><td>2026</td><td>Delivered</td></tr><tr><td>Kamorta class</td><td></td><td>INS Kamorta</td><td>P28</td><td>3,300</td><td>2014</td><td> India</td><td>Visakhapatnam</td><td>Dedicated anti-submarine warfare vessels.</td></tr><tr><td>INS Kadmatt</td><td>P29</td><td>2016</td></tr><tr><td>INS Kiltan</td><td>P30</td><td>2017</td></tr><tr><td>INS Kavaratti</td><td>P31</td><td>2020</td></tr><tr><td>Kora class</td><td></td><td>INS Kora</td><td>P61</td><td>1,400</td><td>1998</td><td> India</td><td>Visakhapatnam</td><td>Dedicated anti-surface warfare vessels.</td></tr><tr><td>INS Kirch</td><td>P62</td><td>2001</td></tr><tr><td>INS Kulish</td><td>P63</td><td>2001</td><td>Sri Vijaya Puram</td></tr><tr><td>INS Karmuk</td><td>P64</td><td>2004</td></tr><tr><td>Khukri class</td><td></td><td>INS Kuthar</td><td>P46</td><td>1,350</td><td>1990</td><td> India</td><td>Visakhapatnam</td><td>Successor to the IN's Petya II corvettes.</td></tr><tr><td>INS Khanjar</td><td>P47</td><td>1991</td></tr><tr><td>Veer class</td><td></td><td>INS Vibhuti</td><td>K45</td><td>455</td><td>1991</td><td> India</td><td>Mumbai</td><td>Customised derivative of the Tarantul-class corvette; used in an anti-surface role.</td></tr><tr><td>INS Vipul</td><td>K46</td><td>1992</td></tr><tr><td>INS Vinash</td><td>K47</td><td>1993</td></tr><tr><td>INS Vidyut</td><td>K48</td><td>1995</td></tr><tr><td>INS Nashak</td><td>K83</td><td>1994</td></tr><tr><td>INS Pralaya</td><td>K91</td><td>2002</td></tr><tr><td>INS Prabal</td><td>K92</td><td>2002</td></tr></tbody></table>

Patrol vessels

Offshore Patrol Vessel (10)
Class	Image	Boat	No.	Disp. (t)	Comm.	Origin	Homeport	Note
Saryu class		INS Saryu	P54	2,300	2013	India	Sri Vijaya Puram	Used for maritime patrol operations.
INS Sunayna	P57	2013	Kochi
INS Sumedha	P58	2014	Sri Vijaya Puram
INS Sumitra	P59	2014	Chennai
Sukanya class		INS Sukanya	P50	1,900	1989	South Korea  India	Mumbai	Doubled as light frigates; served additional role as missile test platforms.
INS Subhadra	P51	1990
INS Suvarna	P52	1991
INS Savitri	P53	1990	Visakhapatnam
INS Sharda	P55	1991	Kochi
INS Sujata	P56	1993
Fast Attack Craft (19)
Class	Image	Boat	No.	Disp. (t)	Comm.	Origin	Homeport	Note
Car Nicobar class		INS Car Nicobar	T69	293	2009	India	Chennai	Follow on of the Bangaram class vessels.
INS Chetlat	T70	2009
INS Cora Divh	T71	2009	Sri Vijaya Puram
INS Cheriyam	T72	2009
INS Cankaraso	T73	2010	Goa
INS Kondul	T74	2010
INS Kalpeni	T75	2010	Kochi
INS Kabra	T76	2011
INS Koswari	T77	2011	Karwar
INS Karuva	T78	2011	Mumbai
	INS Tihayu	T93	315	2016	India	Karwar	Follow on of the Bangaram class vessels; the first water jet-propelled ships in the IN.
INS Tillanchang	T92	2017	Visakhapatnam
INS Tarasa	T94	2017	Mumbai
Bangaram class		INS Bangaram	T65	260	2006	India	Sri Vijaya Puram	Used for SAR and naval interdiction.
INS Bitra	T66	2006
INS Batti Malv	T67	2006
INS Baratang	T68	2006
Trinkat class		INS Trinkat	T62	260	2000	India	Visakhapatnam	Used for SAR.
INS Tarmugli	T66	2001
Patrol Boat (117)
Class	Image	Boat	No.	Disp. (t)	Comm.	Origin	Homeport	Note
Immediate Support Vessel		23 in service	81st ISV Squadron: T-11, T-12, T-13, T-14, T-15, T-16, T-17	60	2014	India	Mumbai	Used by ONGC to protect off-shore establishments.
82nd ISV Squadron: T-26, T-27, T-28, T-44, T-45, T-46, T-47, T-48, T-49, T-50	2015
83rd ISV Squadron: T-35, T-36, T-37	2014	Visakhapatnam
84th ISV Squadron: T-38, T-39, T-40	2015
Super Dvora Mk II		2 in service	FAC T-83	60	1998	Israel	Mumbai	Used for coastal security operations.
FAC T-84
Solas Marine FIC		76 in service	—	40	2013–2017	Sri Lanka	Distributed across all Naval commands	Operated by Sagar Prahari Bal.
Couach Type 1300 FIC	—	15 in service	—	12	2010–2012	France		Used for harbor patrol.

Auxiliary fleet

Replenishment ships

Replenishment Oiler (4)
Class	Image	Ship	No.	Disp. (t)	Comm.	Origin	Note
Deepak class		INS Deepak	A50	27,500	2011	Italy	Serves dual roles of fleet support and HADR
INS Shakti	A57	2011
Jyoti class		INS Jyoti	A58	35,900	1996	Russia	Indian variant of the Komandarm Fedko-class oilers.
Aditya class		INS Aditya	A59	24,612	2000	India	Modified version of the Deepak-class oilers.

Instrumentation ships

<table><thead><tr><th>Instrumentation Ship (2)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Class</td><td>Image</td><td>Ship</td><td>No.</td><td>Disp. (t)</td><td>Comm.</td><td>Origin</td><td>Note</td></tr><tr><td>Anvesh class</td><td></td><td>INS Anvesh</td><td>A41</td><td>11,300</td><td>2022</td><td> India</td><td>Used to test components of India's BMD programme.</td></tr><tr><td>Dhruv class</td><td></td><td>INS Dhruv</td><td>A40</td><td>15,000</td><td>2021</td><td> India</td><td>Used for SIGINT. Jointly operated by NTRO, DRDO, and the Indian Navy.</td></tr></tbody></table>

Research and survey vessels

Survey vessel (10)
Class	Image	Ship	No.	Disp. (t)	Comm.	Origin	Note
Sandhayak-class (2023)		INS Sandhayak	J18	3,300	2024	India	Will replace the older Sandhayak class.
INS Nirdeshak	J19	2024
INS Ikshak	J23	2025
INS Sanshodhak	J24	2026
Makar class		INS Makar	J31	500	2012	India	First catamaran survey vessel in the IN.
Sandhayak class (1981)		INS Investigator	J15	1,800	1990	India	Currently being phased out.
INS Jamuna	J16	1991
INS Sutlej	J17	1993
INS Darshak	J21	2001
INS Sarvekshak	J22	2002
Research vessel (1)
Class	Image	Ship	No.	Disp. (t)	Comm.	Origin	Note
Sagardhwani class		INS Sagardhwani	A74	2,050	1994	India	Used for oceanographic research by the NPOL.

Torpedo trials craft (1)
Class	Image	Ship	No.	Disp. (t)	Comm.	Origin	Note
Astradharani class		INS Astradharani	A61	650	2015	India	Used as testing platform for underwater weapons system.

Diving support vessels

Diving support vessel (3)
Class	Image	Ship	No.	Disp. (t)	Comm.	Homeport	Origin	Note
Diving Support Craft		INS A20	A20	390	2025	Kochi	India	Small DSC built by Titagarh Rail Systems Limited. 4 more under construction.
Nistar class		INS Nistar	A16	9,350	2025	Mumbai	India	First indigenously designed diving support vessel
Nireekshak class		INS Nireekshak	A15	2,160	1989	Visakapatnam	India	Will be replaced by the Nistar-class support vessels.

Deep-submergence rescue vehicle (2)
Class	Image	Boat	No.	Disp. (t)	Comm.	Origin	Note
DSAR		DSAR-1	–	28	2018	United Kingdom	Used for submarine rescue; Paired with the Nistar-class diving support vessels.
DSAR-2	—	2019

Training ships

Training ship (6)
Class	Image	Ship	Pennant No.	Disp. (t)	Origin	Note
Tir class		INS Tir	A86	3,200	India	Dedicated cadet training ship.
Tarangini class		INS Tarangini	A75	500	India	Used for sail training.
INS Sudarshini	A77
Varuna class	—	INS Varuna	–	110	India	Used for sail training.
Mhadei class		INSV Mhadei	A76	23	India	Used for solo, unassisted, non-stop circumnavigation.
INSV Tarini	—

Tugboats

Tugboat (26)
Class	Image	Boat	Pennant No.	Disp. (t)	Origin	Note
Bhishm class		INS Yuvan	—	—	India	25 tonne bollard pull tugs
INS Ojas	—
Gaj class		INS Gaj	A51	560	India	—
IRS class	—	INS Himmat	—	472	India	50 tonne bollard pull tugs
INS Dhiraj	—
INS Sahas	—
INS Veeran	—
Madan Singh class	—	INS Madan Singh	—	382	India	—
INS Shambhu Singh	—
Bhim class	—	INS Bhim	—	373	India	—
INS Balshil	—
INS Ajral	—
Nakul class	—	INS Nakul	—	373	India	—
INS Arjun	—
B.C. Dutt class	—	INS B. C. Dutt	—	355	India	—
INS Tarafdar	—
Arga class	—	INS Arga	—	239	India	—
INS Bali	—
INS Anup	—
INS 148	—
INS 149	—
INS 150	—
Buland class	—	INS Buland	—	100	India	25 tonne bollard pull tugs
INS Balwan	—
INS Sahayak	—
Sarthi class	—	INS Sarthi	—	100	India	25 tonne bollard pull tugs

Miscellaneous vessels

Ferry (13)
Class	Image	Ship	Pennant No.	Disp. (t)	Origin	Note
Manoram class	—	INS Manoram	—	578	India
—	INS Vihar	—
—	INS Ankola	—
Shalimar class (50 men)	—	INS Neelam	—	218	India
—	INS Mohini	—
—	INS	—
Shalimar class (250 men)	—	INS Manohar	—	175	India
—	INS	—
—	INS Modak	—
—	INS Mangal	—
—	INS Madhur	—
—	INS Manorama	—
	INS Manjula	786

Floating dock (2)
Class	Image	Ship	Pennant No.	Disp. (t)	Origin	Note
Floating Dock Navy (FDN)		FDN-1	—	—	Japan	Lifting capacity of 11,500. Deployed at Sri Vijaya Puram.
	FDN-2	-		India	Lifting capacity of 8,000. Deployed at Sri Vijaya Puram.

Barge (37)
Class	Image	Boat	Pennant No.	Disp. (t)	Origin	Note
IRS class ACTCM		LSAM 7 to 14	75 to 82	100	India	First batch and second batch, classified as MCA and ACTCM barges, have been constructed by SECON Engineering and Suryadipta Projects, respectively. These provide logistics support to ships.
LSAM 15 to 24	125 to 135
Hooghly class	—	INS Hooghly	—	1,700	India	—
—	—
—	—
—	—
Ambika class		INS Ambika	—	1000	India	High Sulphur Diesel Oiler built by HSL in 1993
Modest class	—	INS Purak	—	731	India	—
INS Puran	—
Poshak class	—	INS Poshak	—	671	India	—
Vipul class	—	INS Pamba	—	578	India	—
INS Pulakesin-1	—
INS Ambuda	—
Corporated class	—	INS SB-I	—	220	India	—
INS SB-II	—
INS SB-V	—
INS SB-VII	—
Amrit-class victualling barge	—	INS Amrit	—	tonnes	India	—
INS Pankaj	—
Sahayak-class hopper barge	—	INS Sahayak	—	tonnes	India	—
INS Sevak	—

Dredger (4)
Class	Boat	Pennant No.	Disp. (t)	Origin	Note
Dredger-1	Dredger 1	—	—	India	First dedicated class of dredging vessels built in India.
Khadan class	INS Khadan	1055	—	India	Grab Dredger built by GSL
Nikaraksha-class	INS Nikarakshat	—	—	India	built by Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai
INS Kichodhara	—