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List of Indian Naval deployments
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The list of deployments of the Indian Navy from 2013.
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In the 1970s and 1980s, Indian Navy's deployments outside the Indian Ocean were largely limited to delivery of new vessels. Over years, the Indian leadership looked at the Navy as an effective tool for foreign policy and this was reflected in the pattern of Indian navy deployments. The Indian Navy hosted its first International Fleet Review in February 2001. This event was termed "Bridges of Friendship" and was attended by 24 warships form 19 countries. An office dedicated to international co-operation was created in 2005. This term has been used by the Navy since then to undertake humanitarian and security missions by engaging with nations primarily in the Indian Ocean littoral region and South-east Asia. These engagements include mutual port visits, international forums and joint naval exercises.[1][2][3][4]
In late 2017, the Indian Navy adopted a new plan for deployment of warships which was aimed to counter the increasing presence of Chinese presence in the Indian Ocean. Under the new plan, 14–15 mission ready warships are deployed across multiple regions including the Malacca Strait and Andaman Sea; North Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal (Bangladesh and Myanmar), Lakshadweep islands and Maldives; Madagascar; the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea.[5]
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Summary of naval deployments
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Year | List of countries visited | Number of countries visited |
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2013 | Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Oman, | 9 |
2014 | Indonesia, China, United States, Australia, Philippines, Russia, Japan, Maldives, Kenya, South Africa, France, Mauritius, Seychelles, Mozambique, Madagascar | 15 |
2015 | Sri Lanka, Spain, Indonesia, Egypt, France, United Kingdom, United States, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Cambodia, Thailand, Seychelles, Iran, UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, South Korea, Vietnam, Djibouti, Malta, Philippines, Israel, Turkey, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Portugal | 31 |
2016 | Bangladesh, Brunei, Fiji, Indonesia, Kuwait, Kenya, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mozambique, New Zealand, South Africa, Russia, South Korea, Japan, Mauritius, Madagascar, Micronesia, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Seychelles, Singapore, Thailand, Tanzania, Oman, Philippines, UAE, United States, Vietnam | 29 |
2017 | UAE, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Greece, France, United Kingdom, Egypt, Indonesia, Israel, Singapore, Malaysia, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Angola, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Namibia, South Africa, China, Oman, Vietnam, Philippines, Japan, Maldives, Russia, Tanzania. Thailand, Cambodia, Brunei, New Zealand, Spain | 36 |
2018 | Falkland Islands (UK) and United Kingdom, Thailand, Seychelles, South Africa, Mauritius, Qatar, UAE, Tanzania, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Reunion Islands (France) and France, Maldives, Comoros, Malaysia, Madagascar, Vietnam, Malta, Portugal, Yemen, Indonesia, United States, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Djibouti, Iran, Norway, Fiji, Myanmar, Australia, Kenya, South Korea, Denmark, Netherlands | 34 |
2024 | Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, Brunei, Japan, USA, Seychelles, Mauritius, Bangladesh, Egypt, Morocco, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, France, Sri Lanka, Iran, Kenya, Australia, Oman and Morocco | 26 |
2025 | Senegal, Nigeria, South Africa, Seychelles, Indonesia, Mauritius, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Italy, Papua New Guinea, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Greece, Fiji, Mozambique, Cyprus, Kenya and Italy | 21 |
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List of deployments (2013–15)
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The following is a list of naval deployments, Coordinated Patrols (CORPATs) and naval exercises of the Indian Navy.
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List of deployments (2016–20)
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List of deployments (2022–present)
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Fleet | Deployment | Ships | Date | Port Visited | Notes and References |
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Western Naval Command | Maritime exercise | 19–24 November | 13th edition of Indo-Oman maritime exercise ‘Naseem Al Bahr’ (Sea Breeze) with RNOS Al-Seeb and Al-Shinas.[454] | ||
2023 | |||||
Western Naval Command | Extended range deployment – Commander Divakar S. | INS Vagir | 19 June – 20 August | This is the longest ever deployment (7,000 km) for any Indian Submarine or Scorpène-class submarine in a single stretch.[455][456][457] | |
2024 | |||||
Western Naval Command | Friendly visit – Lieutenant Commander Ajith Mohan | INS Kabra | 8 – 10 January | Port of Colombo, Sri Lanka | [458] |
Western Naval Command | Friendly visit – Commander Arunabh | INS Karanj | 3 – 5 February | Port of Colombo, Sri Lanka | [459] |
Eastern Naval Command | Operational Deployment of the Eastern fleet to the South China Sea – Rear admiral Rajesh Dhankar | 6 – 23 May | [460][461][462][463][464] | ||
Eastern Naval Command | Operational Deployment of the Eastern fleet to the South China Sea and Northern Pacific Ocean – Rear admiral Rajesh Dhankar | INS Shivalik | 30 May – 20 August | Participated in JIMEX 24 and RIMPAC 2024[465][466][467] | |
Southern Naval Command | Foreign EEZ surveillance patrol – Commander Prabhat Ranjan Mishra | INS Sunayna | 15 – 29 June | [468][469] | |
Eastern Naval Command | Friendly visit and Passage Exercise (PASSEX) – Commander Prashant Kumar Mishra | INS Kamorta | 20 – 23 June | Port of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka | [470] |
Eastern Naval Command | Maritime Partnership Exercise with the Bangladesh Navy | INS Ranvir | 29 June | Chattogram, Bangladesh | [471] |
Western Naval Command | Operational Deployment of the Western fleet to the Africa and Europe – Captain MR Harish | INS Tabar | 27 June – 6 September | [472][473][474][475][476][477][478][479] Participated in Exercise Varuna 2024.[480] | |
Western Naval Command | Friendly visit – Commander Rahul Patnaik | INS Shalki | 2 – 4 August | Port of Colombo, Sri Lanka | [481][482] |
Eastern Naval Command | Friendly visit – Captain Sandeep Kumar | INS Mumbai | 26 August | Port of Colombo, Sri Lanka | [483][484] |
Western Naval Command | Exercise Kakadu – Captain Ajay Kanwar | Boeing P-8I Neptune (aircraft) | 8 – 20 September | RAAF Base Darwin, Australia | A P-8I aircraft from INAS 316 participated in 16th edition of Exercise Kakadu of Royal Australian Navy.[485] |
Western Naval Command | Indian Ocean Region deployment – Captain Jithu George | INS Talwar | 22 September – 28 October |
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Southern Naval Command | Long Range Training Deployment, Persian Gulf | First Training Squadron | 1–15 October |
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Western Naval Command | Maritime Bilateral Exercise | 5–6 October | Arabian Sea | Bilateral exercise of CSGs India and Italy. Included ITS Cavour and ITS Alpino.[492][493][494] | |
Eastern Naval Command | Maritime Multilateral Exercise | INS Delhi, INS Satpura, INS Kamorta, INS Kadmatt, Shishumar-class submarine, INS Shakti. | 13–18 October | Bay of Bengal | Exercise Malabar 2024 with USS Dewey, JS Ariake, HMAS Stuart.[495][496] |
Western Naval Command | Maritime Bilateral Exercise | INS Trikand (F51) | 13–18 October | Goa, India | 14th edition of Indo-Oman maritime exercise ‘Naseem Al Bahr’ with RNOS Al-Seeb.[497] |
Eastern Naval Command | Maritime Bilateral Exercise | INS Shivalik | 25–29 October | Visakhapatnam, India | 31st edition of Singapore India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) with RSS Tenacious.[498] |
Western Naval Command | Day at Sea – President of India Droupadi Murmu | 15 frontline warships including | 7 November | Goa, India | Carrier operations of MiG-29K, missile firing drills, submarine manoeuvres and flypasts by 30 aircraft.[499][500][501] |
Western Naval Command | Friendly visit – Commander Kapil Kumar | INS Vela | 11–13 November | Port of Colombo, Sri Lanka | [502] |
Western Naval Command | Operational deployment Europe and Africa – Captain Peter Verghese | INS Tushil | 17 December 2024 – 14 February 2025 | 2024
2025 |
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2025 | |||||
Eastern Naval Command | Operational deployment – South Eastern Indian Ocean Region | INS Mumbai | January | Jakarta, Indonesia (18 Jan) | [509][510] |
Western Naval Command | Operational deployment – Operation Sindoor | 36 frontline warships
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26 April – 30 May | Northern Arabian Sea | During Operation Sindoor, 36 warships were deployed including an Vikrant-led Carrier Battle Group with 8 to 10 warships.[511][512] According to the DGNO, the Navy was prepared to strike Pakistan at any time including Karachi. The deployment materialised within 96 hours of 22 April's Pahalgam attack.[513] |
Western Naval Command | Operational deployment – Gulf of Oman |
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9 June – early July | Northern Arabian Sea | Joint military exercise with UK CSG 25 on 9 and 10 June.[514] Firefighting operations on Palau-flagged vessel MT Yi Cheng 6 on 29 and 30 June.[515] |
Western Naval Command | Operational deployment – South Western Indian Ocean Region | INS Teg (F45) | 19 June – early July | [516][517] | |
Western Naval Command | Operational deployment Europe and Africa – Captain Sridhar Tata | INS Tamal | 1 July – present | [518][519][520][521] | |
Eastern Naval Command | Operational deployment of the Eastern fleet to the South East Asia – Rear admiral Susheel Menon | Mid-July – mid August | [522][523][524]Satpura participated in the 32nd edition of SIMBEX with the Singapore Armed Forces.[525] The other ships also conducted the maiden joint sail and naval exercise with Philippine Navy.[526] | ||
Eastern Naval Command | Hydrographic operation – Captain N Dheeraj | INS Sandhayak | 16 July – mid August | [527][528] | |
Eastern Naval Command | Formal visit to Srik Lanka and SLINEX participation – Captain KP Sreesan and Captain Chetan R Upadhyay | 11 August – present |
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Western Naval Command | Operational deployment to the Arabian Sea | INS Surat (D69) | 28 August – present | Jeddah Port, Saudi Arabia | [521] Conducted PASSEX with ITS Caio Duilio (D554)[532][533] |
Eastern Naval Command | Friendly visit | INS Kadmatt (P29) | 30 August – present | [534][535] Conducted and led the mobile Fleet Review flotilla of seven warships from five nations in the occasion of 50th Independence Day of PNG.[536] | |
Western Naval Command | Operational deployment to the Mediterranean Sea — Captain Sachin Kulkarni | INS Trikand (F51) | 1 September – present | Participated in the 2025 edition of multilateral Exercise Bright Star[537] and the maiden bilateral exercise of Greece and India.[538][539][540] | |
Southern Naval Command | Long Range Training Deployment, Persian Gulf — Captain Tijo K Joseph | First Training Squadron | 1 September – present | [541][542][543][544] | |
Eastern Naval Command | Operational deployment of the Eastern fleet to the South China Sea |
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15 September – present | Changi Naval Base, Singapore | Participated in Exercise Pacific Reach 2025 (XPR 25) hosted in the South China Sea.[545][546] |
Southern Naval Command | Survey deployment to Mauritius | INS Sutlej (J17) | 29 September – present | Port Louis, Mauritius | [547][548] |
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