INS Vikramaditya
An aircraft carrier bought from Russia. It was the Soviet ship Admiral Gorshkov before it was rebuilt for India.
Indian Navy
Navy fleet and aircraft
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Photo: Indian Navy, Government Open Data License – India · Wikimedia Commons INS Vikrant
The first aircraft carrier designed and built in India, by Cochin Shipyard Limited. It is named after the Navy's first carrier.
Photo: Indian Navy, Government Open Data License – India · Wikimedia Commons Visakhapatnam class (Project 15B)
Modern guided-missile destroyers built in Mumbai with many Indian-made systems. The first ship is INS Visakhapatnam.
Photo: MC3 David Flewellyn, U.S. Navy, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Kolkata class (Project 15A)
Large stealth guided-missile destroyers built in India.
Photo: Indian Navy, Government Open Data License – India · Wikimedia Commons Delhi class (Project 15)
The first destroyers of Indian design, built in the 1990s and 2000s.
Photo: Government of India, Government Open Data License – India · Wikimedia Commons Nilgiri class (Project 17A)
New stealth frigates built in India, successors of the Shivalik class. The first ship is INS Nilgiri.
Photo: Shiv Aroor, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons Shivalik class (Project 17)
The first stealth frigates built in India.
Photo: Indian Navy, Government Open Data License – India · Wikimedia Commons Talwar class
Frigates built for India in Russia. They carry the BrahMos missile.
Photo: Brian Burnell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons Brahmaputra class (Project 16A)
Guided-missile frigates built in India.
Photo: Eastern Sword - Indian Navy, Government Open Data License – India · Wikimedia Commons Kamorta class (Project 28)
Anti-submarine warfare corvettes built in India.
Photo: Indian Navy, Government Open Data License – India · Wikimedia Commons Kalvari class (Scorpene)
Diesel-electric attack submarines of a French design, built in Mumbai.
Photo: MC2 Andrew McPeek, U.S. Navy, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Sindhughosh class
Diesel-electric submarines of the Russian Kilo class, in service for many years.
Photo: Chanakyathegreat, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons Arihant class (SSBN)
Nuclear-powered submarines that can launch ballistic missiles. They are the sea leg of India's nuclear triad. INS Arihant was India's first.
Photo: Ajai Shukla, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons INS Chakra (nuclear attack submarine)
A nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) that India has taken on lease from Russia for training and operations.
Photo: Prime Minister's Office, Government Open Data License – India · Wikimedia Commons MiG-29K
The carrier-borne fighter that takes off from INS Vikramaditya and INS Vikrant.
Photo: Akshay Daniel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons P-8I Neptune
A long-range maritime patrol aircraft that hunts submarines and ships.
Photo: Indian Navy, Government Open Data License – India · Wikimedia Commons MH-60R Seahawk
A multi-role helicopter that flies from ships to hunt submarines and attack surface ships.
Photo: U.S. 7th Fleet, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Kamov Ka-31
A helicopter with a radar that gives the fleet early warning of enemy aircraft and missiles.
Photo: Indian Navy, Government Open Data License – India · Wikimedia Commons Dornier 228
A light aircraft built by HAL that watches India's coast and seas.