THE INDIAN NAVY

THREE DIMESIONAL PROWESS

Naval Ensign
INTRODUCTION:-
Establishes by Britain while India was a colony,
the Indian Navy (Bhartiya Nau Sena) is the naval
branch of the Armed Forces of India. In the terms
of personnel, it is the worlds fifth largest navy.

Earlier it was known as the Royal Indian Marine
but after 1934 it was known as Indian Navy.
CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF:-
The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), usually
a four-star officer in the rank of admiral,
commands the navy.

The current CNS is Admiral R K
Dhowan
STRENGTH:-
As of 2014, the Indian Navy has a strength of
58,000 personnel (including 7,000 Naval Aviation,
1,200 Marine commandos) and a large operational
fleet consisting of two aircraft carriers, one
amphibious transport dock, 9 Landing ship tanks,
9 destroyers, 15 frigates, one nuclear-powered
attack submarine, 14 conventionally-powered
attack submarines, 25 corvettes, 7 mine
countermeasure vessels, 47 patrol vessels, 4 fleet
tankers and various auxiliary vessels.
COMMANDS AND
ORGANISATION
The Indian Navy operates three Commands.
Each Command is headed by a Flag Officer
Commanding-in-Chief of the rank of Vice Admiral.
The Eastern and Western Commands each have
a Fleet commanded by a rear admiral, and each
also have a Commodore Commanding
Submarines.
The Southern Naval Command is home to the
Flag Officer Sea Training.

Naval Aviation
The Naval Air Arm formally took birth with the
commissioning of INS Garuda, a naval air station based
at Kochi on 11 May 1953. A little earlier, on 4 February
1953, the first Indian Naval Aircraft the short Sealand
{IN101} landed at Kochi. IN101 joined the Fleet
Requirement Unit, which later became the first Indian
Naval Air Squadron INAS 550 on 17
th
june 1959. The
aircraft carrier Vikrant arrived in 1961 , with her
squadrons of British Sea Hawk jets, French Alize ASW
aircraft and French Alouette iii helicopters.
Indian Navy Submarines
There are three class of submarines currently in
service.
Sindhugosh (kilo) Class 10 in service { 1
undergoing mid-life refit }
Shishumar (HDW 209) Class 4 in service
Kalvari(Foxtrot) Class 2 in service { 1
undergoing refit}
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