List of Indian Navy bases

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

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Base  | City  | State/UT  | Role

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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
INHS Asvini | Naval Hospital

Tri-service use[6]

INS Kunjali | Naval Air Station
INS Shikra | Naval Air Station
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

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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

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1. ^ 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]
2. ^ 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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2. ^ Commanding the ocean. The Public Affairs Magazine. 11 February 2002
3. ^ "Organisation of Western Naval Command, Mumbai | Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
4. ^ "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.
5. ^ "H8".
6. ^ "Plans under way to make Mumbai first tri-service common defence station". The Indian Express. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
7. ^ "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.
8. ^ "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.
9. ^ "Organisation of Southern Naval Command, Kochi | Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
10. ^ "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.
11. ^ Livemint (6 March 2024). "Indian Navy commissions 'INS Jatayu'—Significance of 2nd base in Lakshadweep". mint. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
12. ^ "New Navy base in Lakshadweep soon for 'better coverage of Indian Ocean'". India Today. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
13. ^ a b "ENC Authorities & Units | Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
14. ^ 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.
15. ^ "Inauguration of Naval Air Enclave". pib.nic.in. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
16. ^ "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.
17. ^ "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.
18. ^ "Navy chief's maiden visit to ENC today". Archived from the original on 11 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
19. ^ "Historic Badangi airstrip to be revived". The Hindu. 16 July 2016.
20. ^ "Badangi airstrip likely to be ready by 2018". The Times of India. 4 September 2015.
21. ^ "Navy to reach ships and subs from Pudur – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
22. ^ "India to be second country to use ELF facility". The Hindu. 20 May 2017. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
23. ^ "Indian Navy chooses Vikarabad in Telangana to set up its second VLF communication transmission station - ET Government". ETGovernment. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
24. ^ 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.
25. ^ "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.
26. ^ "INS Kattabomman | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
27. ^ "N O I C (OR) | Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
28. ^ "N O I C (OR) | Indian Navy".

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Leadership|

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Commands|

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* Western Naval Command
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* Southern Naval Command

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Joint|

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* Defence Cyber Agency
* Defence Space Agency
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Fleets|

* Western Fleet
* Eastern Fleet

Bases|

| New Delhi|

* INS India

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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
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Aircraft Squadrons|

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* 303

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Airborne Early Warning (AEW)|

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Anti-submarine (ASW)|

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* 333
* 336

Reconnaissance|

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* 343
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Maritime patrol|

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* 315
* 318
* 550
* 313

Electronic Warfare|

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Multirole helicopter|

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* 323
* 334
* 350

Search & Rescue|

* 321

Training|

* 551
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* 561

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* 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

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Schools & Colleges|

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

Insignia|

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