List of ships of the Indian Navy

This is a list of ships of the Indian Navy. It covers both the pre-independence Royal Indian Navy and the post-independence Indian Navy. Prior to the abolition of the monarchy in 1950 ships carried the prefix HMINS, standing for His/Her Majesty's Indian Navy Ship. After the beginning of the republic in 1950, the prefix became simply INS.

Commissioned ships

 * Centaur class aircraft carrier
 * Viraat (R22)


 * Rajput-class destroyers
 * Rajput (D51)
 * Rana (D52)
 * Ranjit (D53)
 * Ranvir (D54)
 * Ranvijay (D55)


 * Godavari-class frigates
 * Godavari (F20)
 * Gomati (F21)
 * Godavari (F22)


 * Veer-class corvettes
 * Veer (K40)
 * Nirbhik (K41)
 * Nipat (K42)
 * Nishank (K43)
 * Nirghat (K44)
 * Vipul (K45)
 * Vipul (K45)
 * Vinash (K46)
 * Vidyut (K47)
 * Nashak (K83)
 * Pralaya (K91)
 * Prabal (K92)


 * Abhay-class corvettes
 * Abhay (P33)
 * Ajay (P34)
 * Akshay (P35)
 * Agray (P36)


 * Khukri-class corvettes
 * Kirpan (P44)
 * Kuthar (P46)
 * Khanjar (P47)
 * Khukri (P49)


 * Delhi-class destroyers
 * Mysore (D60)
 * Delhi (D61)
 * Mumbai (D62)


 * Kora-class corvettes
 * Kora (P61)
 * Kirch (P62)
 * Kulish (P63)
 * Karmuk (P64)


 * Brahmaputra-class frigates
 * Brahmaputra (F31)
 * Beas (F37)
 * Betwa (F39)


 * Talwar-class frigates
 * Talwar (F40)
 * Trishul (F43)
 * Tabar (F44)
 * Teg (F45)


 * Shivalik-class frigates
 * Shivalik (F47)
 * Satpura (F48)
 * Sahyadri (F49)


 * Kumbhir-class landing ships
 * Cheetah (L18)
 * Mahish (L19)
 * Guldar (L21)
 * Kumbhir (L22)


 * Trinkat-class patrol vessels
 * Trinkat (T61)
 * Tarasa (T63)


 * Bangaram-class patrol vessels
 * Bangaram (T65)
 * Bitra (T66)
 * Batti Malv (T67)
 * Baratang (T68)


 * Car Nicobar-class fast attack crafts
 * Car Nicobar (T69)
 * Chetlat (T70)
 * Kora Divh (T71)
 * Cheriyam (T72)
 * Cankarso (T73)
 * Kondul (T74)
 * Kalpeni (T75)


 * Sandhayak-class survey ships
 * Nirupak (J14)
 * Investigator (J15)
 * Jamuna (J16)
 * Sutlej (J17)
 * Sandhayak (J18)
 * Nirdeshak (J19)
 * Darshak (J20)
 * Sarvekshak (J22)


 * Makar-class survey vessels
 * Meen (J33)
 * Mesh (J32)

Decommissioned Ships

 * INS Amba (A54) (July 2006)
 * INS Chakra (Type 670 Skat "Charlie class" Returned to Soviet Union in January 1991)
 * INS Chamak (K95) – (4 November 1976 – 5 May 2005)
 * INS Chapal – (4 November 1976 – 5 May 2005) Turned into a museum at Karwar, Karnataka
 * INS Chilka – 1948–1976, scrapped 1977
 * INS Darshak – 1990
 * INS Delhi (1948) – (30 June 1978)
 * INS Godavari (D92) – (27 April 1953 – 1976)
 * INS Malpe (M86) – (10 May 1984 – 4 December 2006)
 * INS Pondicherry – (2 February 1978 – 5 October 2007)
 * INS Vikrant (31 January 1997) – Converted to IMS-Indian Museum Ship
 * L32 – LCU
 * L33 – LCU Mk.2 – (12 January 1980)
 * INS Ghorpad (L14) (16 January 1975 – Gdynia, Poland)
 * INS Kesari (L15) (15 August 1975 – 8 May 1999)
 * INS Shardul (L16) (24 November 1975 – Gdynia, Poland)
 * INS Sharabh (L17) (27 January 1976 - 15 July 2011)
 * INS Sarayu (P54) (8 October 1991) – Sold to Sri Lanka in 2000 and in service as SLNS Sayura as the flagship of Sri Lanka Navy.