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Submarines

Commands

51. The Indian Navy operates three Commands. Each Command is headed
by a Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-IN-C) in the rank of

Vice-Admiral.

Location of
Ser Command Remarks
HQ

Western
(a) Naval Mumbai Fleet Commander is of the rank

Command of Rear Admiral Commodore

Eastern Naval Commanding Submarines
(b) Visakhapatnam
Command

Southern
Training Command and includes
(c) Naval Kochi
the Flag Officer Sea Training
Command

Joint Command under Chief of

Integrated Service Command
Andaman &
(CISC) New Delhi
(d) Nicobar Port Blair
Safeguard India’s strategic
Command
interests in Southeast Asia and
the Strait of Malacca

52. The Indian Navy plays a major role in patrolling the area with the

Indonesian Navy, Royal Malaysian Navy and Royal Thai Navy. India
and Australia signed an agreement to provide maritime security in the

Asia Pacific region.

53. The names of all the in-service ships and bases of the Indian Navy are
prefixed with the letters INS, designating INDIAN NAVAL SHIP. The

fleet of the Indian Navy is a mixture of domestically built and foreign

vessels. As of 2018, the Indian Navy has about 67,000 personnel on