List of Indian Navy bases
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The Indian Navy currently operates three[1] commands — Western Naval Command located at Mumbai, Southern Naval Command located at Kochi and Eastern Naval Command located at Visakhapatnam. The Andaman and Nicobar Command, a unified Indian Navy, Army, Air Force and Coast Guard Command was set up in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in 2001.[2]
List of naval establishments
[edit]| Base | City | State/UT | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naval Headquarters | |||
| INS India | New Delhi | Delhi | Logistics and Administrative support |
| Western Naval Command[3] | |||
| INS Dwarka | Okha | Gujarat | Logistics and Maintenance support |
| INS Sardar Patel[4] | Porbandar | Logistics Support | |
| NAE Porbandar[5] | Naval Air Enclave at Porbandar Airport | ||
| INS Kadamba | Karwar | Karnataka | Logistics and Maintenance support |
| INS Vajrakosh | Naval ammunition and missile depot | ||
| INHS Patanjali | Naval Hospital | ||
| INS Gomantak | Vasco da Gama | Goa | Logistics and Maintenance support |
| INS Hansa | Dabolim | Naval Air Station | |
| INHS Jeevanti | Vasco da Gama | Naval Hospital | |
| INS Angre | Mumbai | Maharashtra | Logistics and Administrative support |
| INS Abhimanyu | MARCOS Base | ||
| INS Agnibahu | Missile Boat Squadron Base; 22nd Missile Vessel Squadron | ||
| INHS Asvini | Naval Hospital; Tri-service use[6] | ||
| INS Shikra | Naval Air Station; formerly INS Kunjali | ||
| INS Tanaji | Naval ammunition depot | ||
| INS Trata | Coastal Missile Defence | ||
| INS Tunir | Naval missile depot | ||
| INS Vajrabahu | Submarine base | ||
| NAE Santa Cruz | Naval Air Enclave at Mumbai Airport[7][8] | ||
| Southern Naval Command[9] | |||
| INS Dweeprakshak | Kavaratti | Lakshadweep | Logistics and Maintenance support |
| INS Minicoy | Minicoy | Forward Operating Base[10] | |
| INS Jatayu | Forward Operating Base[11][12] | ||
| INS Androth | Androth | Forward Operating Base and Radar station[13] | |
| INS Bitra** | Bitra | Forward Operating Base[14] | |
| INS Garuda | Kochi | Kerala | Naval Air Station |
| INHS Sanjivani | Naval Hospital | ||
| INS Venduruthy | Logistics and Administrative support | ||
| INS Dronacharya | Naval Weapons Training | ||
| NAE Kochi | Naval Air Enclave at Cochin International Airport[15] | ||
| INS Zamorin | Ezhimala | Logistics and Maintenance support to Indian Naval Academy | |
| INS Chilka | Khordha | Odisha | Naval Training (Sailors) |
| INHS Nivarini | Naval Hospital | ||
| INS Mandovi | Panaji | Goa | Provost and Physical Training School |
| INS Hamla | Mumbai | Maharashtra | Combined Operations Training |
| INS Shivaji | Lonavala | Technical Training | |
| INHS Kasturi | Naval Hospital | ||
| INS Valsura | Jamnagar | Gujarat | Electric Equipment Training |
| INS Rajali | Arakkonam | Tamil Nadu | Naval Air Station |
| INS Agrani | Coimbatore | Leadership Training | |
| Eastern Naval Command[13] | |||
| INS Satavahana | Visakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh | Submarine Warfare Training |
| INS Vishwakarma | Shipwright School[16] | ||
| INS Circars | Logistics and Administrative support | ||
| INS Dega | Naval Air Station | ||
| INS Virbahu | Submarine base | ||
| INHS Kalyani | Naval Hospital | ||
| INS Kalinga | Naval Missile Depot | ||
| INS Eksila | Marine gas turbine maintenance | ||
| INS Karna | MARCOS Garrison[17][18] | ||
| INS Varsha** | Submarine base | ||
| INS Badangi** | Vizianagaram | Naval Air Station[19][20] | |
| INS Pudur** | Pudur | Telangana | Submarine VLF facility[21][22][a] |
| INS Adyar | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | Logistics and Maintenance support |
| NAE Chennai | Naval Air Enclave at Chennai International Airport | ||
| INS Parundu | Uchipuli | Naval Air Station | |
| INS Kattabomman | Tirunelveli | Submarine VLF/ELF facility[26] | |
| INS Thoothukudi | Thoothukudi | Logistics support | |
| INS Netaji Subhas | Kolkata | West Bengal | Logistics and administrative support |
| INS Paradip** | Paradip | Odisha | Forward Operating Base[27] |
| NAE Bhubaneswar** | Bhubaneswar | Naval Air Enclave at Bhubaneswar Airport[28] | |
| Andaman & Nicobar Command[b] | |||
| INS Kardip | Kamorta | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | Logistics support |
| INS Jarawa | Port Blair | Logistics and Administrative support | |
| INS Utkrosh | Joint Naval and Air Force Base | ||
| INHS Dhanvantri | Naval Hospital | ||
| INS Baaz | Campbell Bay | Naval Air Station | |
| INS Campbell Bay** | Forward Operating Base[14] | ||
| INS Kohassa | Diglipur | Naval Air Station | |
Note:
** = Under construction
See also
[edit]- Indian navy related lists
- Aircraft of the Indian Navy
- List of active Indian Navy ships
- List of Indian naval aircraft
- List of submarines of the Indian Navy
- List of ships of the Indian Navy
- Indian military related
- India-China Border Roads
- Indian military satellites
- List of Indian Air Force stations
- India's overseas military bases
- Indian Nuclear Command Authority
Notes
[edit]- ^ 1,174 hectares of forest lands under transferred in January 2024. Project completion by 2027.[23] Will include 3×500m tall towers and a township housing 700 officers and personnel. Foundation stone laying on 15 October 2024 by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.[24][25]
- ^ This comes under a separate command part of the Indian Armed Forces and is not under the direct control by the Indian Navy.
References
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- ^ Commanding the ocean. The Public Affairs Magazine. 11 February 2002
- ^ "Organisation of Western Naval Command, Mumbai | Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ "INS Sardar Patel: Indian Navy's new base commissioned in Gujarat – The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ "H8".
- ^ "Plans under way to make Mumbai first tri-service common defence station". The Indian Express. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "Indian Naval Air Enclave at Santa Cruz Inaugurated | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in. Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ "Indian Navy gets air enclave in Mumbai – The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ "Organisation of Southern Naval Command, Kochi | Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ "Southern Naval command chief reviews security in Lakshadweep – The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ Livemint (6 March 2024). "Indian Navy commissions 'INS Jatayu'—Significance of 2nd base in Lakshadweep". mint. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ "New Navy base in Lakshadweep soon for 'better coverage of Indian Ocean'". India Today. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ a b "ENC Authorities & Units | Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ a b "India seeks to snip string of pearls – Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ "Inauguration of Naval Air Enclave". pib.nic.in. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "Shipwright School commissioned as INS Vishwakarma". The Hindu. 15 November 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "Chief of the Naval Staff commissions INS karna – Marine Commandos get a new Base at Visakhapatnam". pib.nic.in. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ "Navy chief's maiden visit to ENC today". Archived from the original on 11 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "Historic Badangi airstrip to be revived". The Hindu. 16 July 2016.
- ^ "Badangi airstrip likely to be ready by 2018". The Times of India. 4 September 2015.
- ^ "Navy to reach ships and subs from Pudur – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ "India to be second country to use ELF facility". The Hindu. 20 May 2017. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ "Indian Navy chooses Vikarabad in Telangana to set up its second VLF communication transmission station - ET Government". ETGovernment. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ Geetanath, V. (6 October 2024). "Three 500 metre tall VLF transmitter towers of Indian Navy to dot Vikarabad soon". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "Navy setting up base to control submarines on long-range patrols". The Times of India. 14 October 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "INS Kattabomman | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "N O I C (OR) | Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ "N O I C (OR) | Indian Navy".
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