INS Venduruthy

Willingdon Island, Kochi, Kerala
Type| Naval station
Site information
Controlled by| Indian Navy
Site history
Built| 2005 (2005)
In use| 2005–present
Garrison information
Current
commander| Commodore VZ Job
Occupants| Southern Naval Command

INS Venduruthy is an Indian Navy base located on Willingdon Island in Kochi, Kerala.[1] It serves as the Headquarters of the Southern Naval Command. It is the largest training establishment of the Indian Navy. INS Garuda is a naval air station located adjacent to INS Venduruthy. Commodore Deepak Kumar is the Commanding officer of this base. It provides administrative facilities to all training establishments inside the Southern naval command. Pincode of INS Vendurathy is 682004.

## History

[edit]

Willingdon Island was reclaimed from Kochi Lake to aid the construction of the Port of Kochi in 1936. A small naval unit was set up at the location just two days prior to the outbreak of World War II. During the war, the rudimentary air strip near the port was transferred to the Royal Air Force in 1941. On 22 June 1943, the facilities were transferred to the Royal Navy. With the ongoing war, the base quickly expanded to become the headquarters of the Royal Navy in southern India.

In 1946, after the end of the war, the base was deserted and transferred to the Royal Indian Navy which maintained a small establishment of about 20 officers and 130 enlisted men. The name of the establishment was changed from HMS Chinkara to HMIS Venduruthy after the name of the original Venduruthy island. On 26 January 1950, when India became a Republic, the name was changed to INS Venduruthy.[2]

Following the partition of India, the navy lost three major training establishments which were located in the Dominion of Pakistan. INS Venduruthy was chosen as the location to replace these.[3]

## Facilities

[edit]

INS Venduruthy currently hosts the Seamanship School, which imparts training to executive officers and sailors of the Indian Navy and several friendly foreign naval forces. The establishment caters to the logistic needs of the services, civilian personnel and naval units based in Kochi as well as at Ezhimala, Wellington, Bangalore and the Lakshadweep Islands besides the naval NCC units.[4]

It also hosts the Diving School, Navigation & Direction (ND) School, Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) School, Signal School, Centre for Leadership and Behavioural Studies (CLABS) and NIETT.[1]

## See also

[edit]

Indian navy

* List of Indian Navy bases
* List of active Indian Navy ships

Integrated commands and units

* Armed Forces Special Operations Division
* Defence Cyber Agency
* Integrated Defence Staff
* Integrated Space Cell
* Indian Nuclear Command Authority
* Indian Armed Forces
* Special Forces of India

Other lists

* Strategic Forces Command
* List of Indian Air Force stations
* List of Indian Navy bases
* India's overseas military bases

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b "INS Venduruthy". Indian Navy. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
2. ^ "INS Venduruthy celebrates anniversary". The Hindu. 24 June 2006. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
3. ^ "I.N.S. Venduruthy: Its Past and Present". Sainik Samachar, Ministry of Defence. 20 December 1953. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
4. ^ [1] Archived 24 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine Defence India for 20 June 2005

Wikimedia Commons has media related to INS Venduruthy.

* v
* t
* e

Indian Navy

Leadership|

* Minister of Defence
* Chief of the Naval Staff
* Vice Chief of the Naval Staff
* FOCs-in-C (Naval Commanders)
* DCNS
* COP
* COM
* DG Seabird
* FOCWF
* FOCEF
* FOMA
* FOGNA
* FOK
* FOTNA
* FODAG
* FOSM
* FOST
* ACNS
* Serving admirals
* Navy MCPO

Components
and
Commands|

| Naval Commands|

| Operational|

* Western Naval Command
* Eastern Naval Command
* Southern Naval Command

|

Joint|

* Andaman and Nicobar Command
* Strategic Forces Command
* Defence Cyber Agency
* Defence Space Agency
* Armed Forces Special Operations Division

Fleets|

* Western Fleet
* Eastern Fleet

Bases|

| New Delhi|

* INS India

|

Western Naval Command|

* INS Dwarka
* INS Sardar Patel
* INS Kadamba
* INS Vajrakosh
* INHS Patanjali
* INS Gomantak
* INS Hansa
* INHS Jeevanti
* INS Angre
* INS Abhimanyu
* INS Agnibahu
* INHS Asvini
* INS Kunjali
* INS Shikra
* INS Tanaji
* INS Trata
* INS Tunir
* INS Vajrabahu

Southern Naval Command|

* INS Dweeprakshak
* INS Minicoy
* INS Androth
* INS Bitra
* INS Garuda
* INHS Sanjivani
* INS Venduruthy
* INS Dronacharya
* INS Chilka
* INHS Nivrani
* INS Mandovi
* INS Hamla
* INS Shivaji
* INHS Kasturi
* INS Valsura
* INS Agrani
* INS Zamorin
* INS Satavahana
* INS Vishwakarma
* INS Jatayu

Eastern Naval Command|

* INS Circars
* INS Dega
* INS Virbahu
* INHS Kalyani
* INS Kalinga
* INS Eksila
* INS Karna
* INS Adyar
* INS Rajali
* INS Parundu
* INS Kattabomman
* INS Tuticorin
* INS Netaji Subhash
* INS Paradip
* INS Bhubaneswar
* INS Varsha

Andaman and Nicobar Command|

* INS Kardip
* INS Jarawa
* INS Utkrosh
* INS Baaz
* INHS Dhanvantari
* INS Campbell Bay
* INS Kohassa

Equipment|

* Active Ships
* List of Ships
* Submarines
* Weapon systems

Aircraft Squadrons|

| Fighter|

* 300
* 303

|

Airborne Early Warning (AEW)|

* 339

Anti-submarine (ASW)|

* 330
* 333
* 336

Reconnaissance|

* 342
* 343
* 344

Maritime patrol|

* 312
* 315
* 318
* 550
* 313

Electronic Warfare|

* 310
* 311

Multirole helicopter|

* 322
* 323
* 334
* 350

Search & Rescue|

* 321

Training|

* 551
* 552
* 561

Military Academies|

| Education & Training|

* Sainik School
* Armed Forces Medical College
* Ajmer Military School
* Bangalore Military School
* Belgaum Military School
* Chail Military School
* Dholpur Military School
* Rashtriya Indian Military College

|

Schools & Colleges|

* Indian Naval Academy
* Naval War College

Tri-Service Institutions|

* Defence Services Staff College
* National Defence Academy
* National Defence College
* College of Defence Management
* Military Institute of Technology

Insignia|

* Awards and decorations
* Ranks and insignia (Officers, JCOs, Sailors)

Documents|

* Indian Maritime Doctrine
* Indian Maritime Security Strategy

History & Future|

* History of the Indian Navy
* Indian maritime history
* Royal Indian Navy
* Navy Day
* President's fleet review
* Indian Naval Ensign
* List of Indian Naval deployments
* Sagar Pawan
* Future of the Indian Navy

* Category

9°57′11.56″N 76°16′42.57″E﻿ / ﻿9.9532111°N 76.2784917°E﻿ / 9.9532111; 76.2784917
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template