List of active Indian Navy ships

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This is a list of active Indian Navy ships currently in service. For ships no longer in service see List of ships of the Indian Navy.

Figures are taken from the International Institute for Strategic Studies.^[1] 20 of the commissioned vessels are major surface combatants (8 guided-missile destroyers and 12 guided-missile frigates) and 14 are diesel-electric attack submarines. In addition the Navy possesses an aircraft carrier, 1 amphibious transport dock and 1 nuclear attack submarine. The INS Chakra was handed over to India on the 30th December 2011.

Present fleet

Class	Type	Ships	Origin	Note
Aircraft Carriers (1 in service)
Centaur	STOVL Aircraft Carrier	INS Viraat (R22)	United Kingdom
Submarines (15 in Service)
Sindhughosh (Kilo)	Diesel-electric Submarine	INS Sindhughosh (S55) INS Sindhudhvaj (S56) INS Sindhuraj (S57) INS Sindhuvir (S58) INS Sindhuratna (S59) INS Sindhukesari (S60) INS Sindhukirti (S61) INS Sindhuvijay (S62) INS Sindhurakshak (S63) INS Sindhushastra (S65)	Russia	INS Sindhukirti (S61) not operational and berthed at HSL dry docks
Shishumar (Type 209)	Diesel-electric Submarine	INS Shishumar (S44) INS Shankush (S45) INS Shalki (S46) INS Shankul (S47)	Germany India
Akula Class Submarine	Nuclear-attack Submarine	INS Chakra	Russia	Leased from the Russian Navy and handed over to India on 30th December 2011.
Frigates (12 in service)
Shivalik(Project 17)	Multi-role Frigate	INS Shivalik (F47) INS Satpura (F48)	India	1 more to be commissioned.
Talwar (Krivak III)	Guided-missile frigates	INS Talwar (F40) INS Trishul (F43) INS Tabar (F44)	Russia
Brahmaputra (Project 16A)	Guided-missile frigates	INS Brahmaputra (F31) INS Betwa (F39) INS Beas (F37)	India
Godavari (Project 16)	Guided-missile frigates	INS Godavari (F20) INS Ganga (F22) INS Gomati (F21)	India
Nilgiri	Guided-missile frigates	INS Taragiri (F41)	India	To be decommissioned.
Destroyers (8 in service)
Delhi (Project 15)	Guided-missile Destroyer	INS Delhi (D61) INS Mysore (D60) INS Mumbai (D62)	India
Rajput (Kashin II)	Guided-missile Destroyer	INS Rajput (D51) INS Rana (D52) INS Ranjit (D53) INS Ranvir (D54) INS Ranvijay (D55)	Soviet Union
Corvettes (24 in Service)
Kora (Type 25A)	Guided-missile Corvettes	INS Kora (P61) INS Kirch (P62) INS Kulish (P63) INS Karmuk (P64)	India
Khukri (Type 25)	Corvette	INS Khukri (P49) INS Kuthar (P46) INS Kirpan (P44) INS Khanjar (P47)	India
Veer (Tarantul I)	Missile Boat	INS Veer (K40) INS Nirbhik (K41) INS Nipat (K42) INS Nishank (K43) INS Nirghat (K44) INS Vibhuti (K45) INS Vipul (K46) INS Vinash (K47) INS Vidyut (K48) INS Nashak (K83) INS Prabal (K92) INS Pralaya (K91)	Soviet Union
Abhay (Pauk II)	Anti-submarine Corvette	INS Abhay (P33) INS Ajay (P34) INS Akshay (P35) INS Agray (P36)	Soviet Union
Amphibious Warfare Vessels (10 in Service)
Austin	Landing Platform Dock (LPD)	INS Jalashwa (L41)	United States
Shardul	Landing ship tank (LST)	INS Shardul (L16) INS Kesari (L15) INS Airavat (L24)	India	5,400 tons ((full)
Magar	Landing ship tank (LST)	INS Magar (L20) INS Gharial (L23)	India	5,400 tons (full)
Kumbhir (Polnocny Class)	Landing ship tank (LST)	INS Cheetah (L18) INS Mahish (L19) INS Guldar (L21) INS Kumbhir (L22)	Poland	1,100 tons (full)
MK.8/MK.3 Landing craft	Landing craft (LC)	(L34) (L35) (L36) (L37) (L38) (L39)	India	90 tons (full) The total of amphibious warfare vessels in service excludes these landing craft.
Patrol Vessels (29 in Service)
Sukanya	Offshore Patrol Vessel	INS Sukanya (P50) INS Subhadra (P51) INS Suvarna (P52) INS Savitri (P53) INS Sharada (P55) INS Sujata (P56)	South Korea
Seaward defence boats		T57 T58	India	T57 & T58 In process of decommissioning, may already be decommissioned^[2]
Car Nicobar	Fast Attack Craft (FAC)	INS Car Nicobar (T69) INS Chetlat (T70) INS Kora Divh (T71) INS Cheriyam (T72) INS Cankaraso (T73) INS Kondul (T74) INS Kalpeni (T75) INS Kabra (T76) INS Koswari (T77) INS Karuva (T78)	India
Bangaram	Fast Patrol Vessel.	INS Bangaram (T65) INS Bitra (T66) INS Batti Malv (T67) INS Baratang (T68)	India
Trinkat	Fast Attack Craft (FAC)	INS Trinkat (T61) INS Tarasa (T63)	India
Super Dvora Mk.II Class	Fast Attack Craft (FAC)	T80 T81 T82 T83 T84 T85 T86	Israel
Minesweepers (8 in Service)
Pondicherry	Minesweeper	INS Alleppey (M65) INS Ratnagiri (M66) INS Karwar (M67) INS Cannanore (M68) INS Cuddalore (M69) INS Kakinanda (M70) INS Kozhikode (M71) INS Konkan (M72)	Soviet Union

Auxiliary fleet

Class	Type	Ships	Origin	Note
Fleet Auxiliaries (15 in Service)
Deepak class	Fleet Tanker	INS Deepak INS Shakti	Italy
Jyoti class	Fleet Tanker	INS Jyoti (A58)	Russia
Aditya class tanker	Fleet Tanker	INS Aditya (A59)	India
Ambika class	Fleet Tanker	INS Ambika	India	Not accounted for by the IISS. May be decommisioned.
Poshak class	Fleet Tanker	INS Palan INS Pushpa INS ??? INS ??? INS ??? INS ???
Nicobar Class (Type B-561)	Troops Transport	INS Nicobar INS Andamans	Poland	converted merchant ship for troop ferry
	Torpedo Recovery Vessel	INS ??? (A72)
	Ocean Tug	INS Matanga (A53)
	Diving Support Vessel	INS Nireekshak (A15)
Research and Survey Vessels (10 in Service)
Sagardhwani	Research Vessel	INS Sagardhwani (A74)
Makar	Survey Vessel	INS Mesh (J34)
Sandhyak	Survey Vessel	INS Sandhayak (J18) INS Nirdeshak (J19) INS Nirupak (J14) INS Investigator (J15) INS Jamuna (J16) INS Sutlej (J17) INS Darshak (J20) INS Sarvekshak (J22)
Training Vessels (4 in Service)
	Training Vessel	INS Tir (A86)
	Sail Training Vessels	INS Varuna INS Tarangini INS Sudarshini
Harbour Tug (14 in Service)
Bhim	Harbour Tug	INS Bhim INS Balshil INS ??? INS ??? INS Ajral
	Harbour Tug	INS ??? INS ??? INS ??? INS ??? INS ??? INS ??? INS ??? INS ??? INS ???
Miscellaneous Vessels (5 in Service)
	Yacht	INS Mhadei	India	Not accounted for by the IISS
	Water Carrier	INS ??? INS ???
	Hospital Ship	INS Lakshadweep?		Not accounted for by the IISS
	Diving Tender	INS ??? INS ??? INS ???