DTN News - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: Indian Navy Planning To Procure Warships From The U.S., South Korea

Asian Defense News: DTN News - INDIA DEFENSE NEWS: Indian Navy Planning To Procure Warships From The U.S., South Korea

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources The Hindu

(NSI News Source Info) NEW DELHI, India - April 19, 2011:

India is planning to procure eight new South Korean minesweepers for its Navy to augment its fleet of warships capable of detonating sea mines.

The Navy is also considering procuring two American used Osprey-class minesweepers, navy officials said here.

“Defence Ministry is holding commercial negotiations with the Kangnam Corporation of South Korea for procuring eight minesweepers of which two would be constructed at the vendors’ shipyards and the rest would be built in India,” they said.

At present, the Navy operates 12 minesweepers of the Pondicherry and Karwar class that are deployed in equal numbers along the Eastern and the Western sea board.

The warships were built in the 1970s and 1980s and the Navy is planning to replace them with the modern vessels.

The ministry had shortlisted two vendors including the Pusan-based Kangnam Corporation and Italian firm Intermarine but the Korean firm was chosen as it was the lowest bidder and met the technical and other requirements, they added.

The contract was to be signed with Kangnam earlier but it got delayed after the Italian firm went to the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) against the decision.

But the issue has been resolved now and the contract negotiations are progressing well, officials said.

According to the tender, Kangnam will be required to build the first two warships, following which Goa Shipyard Limited will be commissioned to build the rest minesweepers at its facilities.

The first ship is likely to be delivered by 2016 and Goa Shipyard Limited will deliver the remaining ships by 2018.

In addition, the navy is also planning to induct two used Osprey-class minesweepers from the U.S. that were decommissioned by the U.S. Navy in 2007.

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PRESENT FLEET (173 IN SERVICE)

Class	Ships in class	Commission Date	Origin	Builder
Aircraft carrier (1 in service)
Centaur	INS Viraat (R22)	20 May 1987	United Kingdom	Vickers-Armstrong	INS Viraat
Nuclear submarine (1 in service)
Chakra (Akula)[1]	INS Chakra	20 Aug 2010	Russia	Komsomolsk-on-Amur	Akula class submarine
Submarines (14 in Service)
Sindhughosh (Kilo)	INSSindhughosh(S55)	30 Apr 1986	Russia	First six built by Admiralty Shipyard, St Petersberg; remainder by Krasnoye Sormovo Plant Production Association, Nizhniy Novgorod.	INS Sindhurakshak
	INS Sindhudhvaj(S56)	12 Jun 1987
	INS Sindhuraj(S57)	20 Oct 1987
	INS Sindhuvir(S58)	26 Aug 1988
	INS Sindhuratna(S59)	22 Dec 1988
	INSSindhukesari(S60)	16 Feb 1989
	INS Sindhukirti(S61)	04 Jan 1990
	INS Sindhuvijay(S62)	18 Mar 1991
	INSSindhurakshak(S63)	24 Dec 1997
	INSSindhushastra(S65)	19 Jul 2000
Shishumar (Type 209)	INS Shishumar(S44)	22 Sep 1986	Germany/India	First two built by HDW last two by Mazagon Dock Limited
	INS Shankush(S45)	20 Nov 1986
	INS Shalki(S46)	07 Feb 1992
	INS Shankul(S47)	28 May 1994
Destroyers (8 in service)
Delhi (Project 15)	INS Delhi (D61)	15 Nov 1997	India	Mazagon Dock	INS Delhi
	INS Mysore(D60)	02 Jun 1999
	INS Mumbai(D62)	22 Jan 2001
Rajput (Kashin II)	INS Rajput(D51)	30 Sep 1980	Soviet Union	61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant	INS Ranvijay
	INS Rana (D52)	28 Jun 1982
	INS Ranjit (D53)	28 Nov 1983
	INS Ranvir(D54)	28 Oct 1986
	INS Ranvijay(D55)	15 Jan 1988
Frigates (12 in service)
Shivalik(Project 17)	INS Shivalik	29 April 2010	India	Mazagon Dock Limited	INS Shivalik
Talwar (Krivak III)	INS Talwar(F40)	18 Jun 2003	Russia	Baltiysky Zavod	INS Talwar
	INS Trishul(F43)	25 Jun 2003
	INS Tabar (F44)	19 Apr 2004
Brahmaputra (Project 16A)	INSBrahmaputra(F31)	14 Apr 2000	India	GRSE	INS Beas
	INS Betwa (F39)	07 Jul 2004
	INS Beas (F37)	11 Jul 2005
Godavari (Project 16)	INS Godavari(F20)	10 Dec 1983	India	Mazagon Dock	INS Ganga
	INS Ganga(F22)	30 Dec 1985
	INS Gomati(F21)	16 Apr 1988
Nilgiri	INS Taragiri(F41)	16 May 1980	India	Mazagon Dock	INS Vindhyagiri
Corvettes (24 in Service)
Kora (Type 25A)	INS Kora (P61)	10 Aug 1998	India	GRSE	INS Kora
	INS Kirch (P62)	22 Jan 2001
	INS Kulish(P63)	20 Aug 2001
	INS Karmuk(P64)	04 Feb 2004
Khukri (Type 25)	INS Khukri(P49)	23 Aug 1989	India	Mazagon Dock/GRSE	INS Kuthar
	INS Kuthar(P46)	07 Jun 1990
	INS Kirpan(P44)	12 Jan 1991
	INS Khanjar(P47)	22 Oct 1991
Veer (Tarantul I)	INS Veer (K40)	26 Mar 1987	Soviet Union	5 Ships were former USSR Navy ships which were transferred to Indian Navy, Rest were built by Mazagon Dock Limited and Goa Shipyard Limited	INS Nirbhik
	INS Nirbhik(K41)	21 Dec 1987
	INS Nipat (K42)	05 Dec 1988
	INS Nishank(K43)	12 Sep 1989
	INS Nirghat(K44)	15 Dec 1989
	INS Vibhuti(K45)	03 Jun 1991
	INS Vipul (K46)	16 Mar 1992
	INS Vinash(K47)	20 Nov 1993
	INS Vidyut(K48)	16 Jan 1995
	INS Nashak(K83)	29 Dec 1996
	INS Prabal(K92)	11 Apr 2002
	INS Pralaya(K91)	18 Dec 2002
Abhay (Pauk II)	INS Abhay(P33)	10 Mar 1989	Soviet Union
	INS Ajay (P34)	24 Jan 1990
	INS Akshay(P35)	10 Dec 1990
	INS Agray (P36)	30 Jan 1991
Amphibious Warfare Ships (20 in Service)
Austin	INS Jalashwa(L41)	22 Jun 2007	United States	Lockheed Shipbuilding	INS Jalashwa
Shardul	INS Shardul(L16)	04 Jan 2007	India	GRSE
	INS Kesari (L15)	05 Apr 2008
	INS Airavat(L24)	19 May 2009
Magar	INS Magar (L20)	15 Jul 1987	India	Hindustan Shipyard Limited GRSE	INS Magar
	INS Gharial(L23)	14 Feb 1997
Kumbhir(Polnocny Class)	INS Sharabh(L17)	27 Jan 1976	Poland	Gdańsk Shipyard and Stocznia Gdynia	INS Sharabh
	INS Cheetah(L18)	Feb 1985
	INS Mahish(L19)	04 Jun 1985
	INS Guldar(L21)	Dec 1985
	INS Kumbhir(L22)	Nov 1986
Nicobar Class (Type B-561)	INS Nicobar	Apr 1998	Poland	Szczecin Shipyard[2]
	INS Andamans	Apr 2000
MK.8/MK.3 Landing craft	L33	12 Jan 1980	India	Goa Shipyard Limited[3]
	INS Vasco Da Gama(L34)	28 Jan 1980
	L35	17 Dec 1983
	L36	18 Jul 1986
	L37	18 Oct 1986
	INS Midhur(L38)	10 Dec 1986
	INS Mangala(L39)	25 Mar 1987
Patrol Ships (31 in Service)
Sukanya	INS Sukanya(P50)	31 Aug 1989	South Korea	First 3 vessels built by Korea Tacoma which was later bought by Sungdong Shipbuilding Rest were built by Hindustan Shipyard Limited	INS Suvarna
	INS Subhadra(P51)	25 Jan 1990
	INS Suvarna(P52)	04 Apr 1991
	INS Savitri(P53)	27 Nov 1990
	INS Sharada(P55)	27 Oct 1991
	INS Sujata(P56)	03 Nov 1993
Seaward defence boats	SDB T-57			GRSE Mazagon Dock
Car Nicobar	INS Car Nicobar(T69)	16 Feb 2009	India	GRSE
	INS Chetlat(T70)	16 Feb 2009
	INS Kora Divh(T71)	10 Sep 2009
	INS Cheriyam(T72)	10 Sep 2009
	INS Cankaraso(T73)	29 Jun 2010
	INS Kondul(T74)	29 Jun 2010 [4]
	INS Kalpeni(T75)	20 Sep 2010[5]
Bangaram	INS Bangaram(T65)	10 Feb 2006	India	GRSE
	INS Bitra (T66)	28 Mar 2006
	INS Batti Malv(T67)	31 Jul 2006
	INS Baratang(T68)	12 Sep 2006
Trinkat	INS Trinkat(T61)	28 Sep 2000	India	GRSE
	INS Tarasa(T63)	24 Aug 2001
Makar	INS Mesh (J34)
Super Dvora Mk.II Class	FAC T-80	24 Jun 1998	Israel	IAI Ramta	FAC T-84
	FAC T-81	06 Jun 1999
	FAC T-82	09 Oct 2003
	FAC T-83	27 Nov 2003
	FAC T-84	19 Apr 2004
	FAC T-85	2005
	FAC T-86	2005
Minesweepers (8 in Service)
Pondicherry[6]	INS Alleppey(M65)	10 Jun 1980	Soviet Union		INS Kozhikode
	INS Ratnagiri(M66)	10 Jun 1980
	INS Karwar(M67)	14 Jul 1986
	INS Cannanore(M68)	17 Dec 1987
	INS Cuddalore(M69)	29 Oct 1987
	INS Kakinanda(M70)	23 Dec 1986
	INS Kozhikode(M71)	19 Dec 1988
	INS Konkan(M72)	08 Oct 1988
Replenishment Tankers (11 in Service)
Deepak class[7][8]	INS Deepak[9]	21 January 2011	Italy	Fincantieri
Jyoti class(Komandarm Fedko)	INS Jyoti (A58)	20 Jul 1996	Russia
Aditya class tanker	INS Aditya(A59)	03 Apr 2000	India	GRSE	INS Aditya
Deepak class tanker	INS Shakti(A57)	31 Dec 1975
Ambika class	INS Ambika	23 Jan 1995	India	Hindustan Shipyard Limited
Poshak class	INS Palan
	INS Pushpa
	INS ???
	INS ???
	INS ???
	INS ???
Survey ship (8 in Service)
Sandhyak	INS Sandhayak(J18)	14 Mar 1981			INS Darshak
	INS Nirdeshak(J19)	04 Oct 1982
	INS Nirupak(J14)	14 Aug 1985
	INS Investigator(J15)	11 Jan 1990
	INS Jamuna(J16)	31 Aug 1991
	INS Sutlej (J17)	19 Feb 1993
	INS Darshak(J20)	28 Apr 2001
	INS Sarvekshak(J22)	14 Jan 2002
Research Vessel (1 in Service)
Sagardhwani	INSSagardhwani(A74)	30 Jul 1994
Training Vessel (2 in Service)
	INS Tir (A86)	21 Feb 1986			INS Tir
	INS Krishna(F46)	22 Aug 1995
Sail training Vessel (2 in Service)
Varuna Class	INS Varuna	1981			INS Tarangini
	INS Tarangini	11 Nov 1997
Yacht (1 in Service)
	INSMhadei[10][11]		India
Torpedo Recovery Vessels (2 in Service)
	INS Astravahini(A71)
	INS ??? (A72)
Miscellaneous (6 in Service)
Water Carrier	INS ???
	INS ???
Hospital Ship	INSLakshadweep
Diving Tender	INS ???
	INS ???
	INS ???
Harbour Tug (18 in Service)
Bhim	INS Bhim	08 Mar 2004
	INS Balshil	23 Aug 2004
	INS ???	2004
	INS ???	2004
	INS Ajral	17 Dec 2004
unknown	INS ???
	INS ???
	INS ???
	INS ???
	INS ???
	INS ???
	INS ???
	INS ???
	INS ???
	INS ???
	INS ???
	INS ???
	INS ???
Ocean Tug (2 in Service)
	INS Gaj	10 Oct 2002
	INS Matanga(A53)	02 Apr 1983
Diving Support Ship (1 in Service)
	INS Nireekshak(A15)	08 Jun 1989

[EDIT]SHIPS UNDER CONSTRUCTION (36 SHIPS BEING BUILT)

Class	Ships in class	Origin	Builder	Image
Nuclear Submarines (3 under construction)
Arihant	INS Arihant INS ??? INS ???	India	Shipbuilding Center, Vishakapatnam	Conceptual drawing of the Arihant class nuclear submarine
Aircraft carriers (2 under construction)
Vikrant (Project 71) [12]	INS Vikrant[13]	India	Cochin Shipyard	An artist's impression of a Vikrant class carrier
Kiev	INS Vikramaditya formerlyGorshkov	Russia	Severodvinsk, Russia[14]	An artist's impression of a Vikramaditya class carrier
Destroyers (3 under construction)
Kolkata (Project 15A)	INS Kolkata INS Kochi INS Chennai	India	Mazagon Dock	Kolkata Class Destroyers under construction at Mazagon Docks Ltd, Mumbai.
Frigates (5 under construction)
Shivalik	INS Satpura INS Sahyadri	India	Mazagon Dock	INS Sahyadri while under construction.
Talwar	INS Teg (Sea trials) INS Tarkash (Sea trials)[15] INS Trikand [16]	Russia	Yantar Shipyard	INS Tabar, Teg class will have Brahmos missiles onboard.
Corvettes (4 under construction)
Kamorta	INS Kamorta Yard 3018 Yard 3019 Yard 3020	India	GRSE
Submarines (6 under construction)
Scorpene	6 under construction under Project 75	France	Mazagon Dock	Scorpene
Mine sweepers (2)
Osprey class	2 to be acquired	United States
Mine countermeasure vessels (2 under construction)
MCMV	2 under construction	India
Patrol crafts (8 under construction)
Saryu[17][18][19]	INS Saryu INS Sunayna INS ??? INS Sumitra	India	Goa Shipyard Limited
Car Nicobar	INS Kabra INS Koswari INS Karuva	India	GRSE
Replenishment Ship (1 under construction)
Deepak class[20][21]	INS Shakti[22]	Italy	Fincantieri
Training Ship (1 under construction)
Sudarshini	INS Sudarshini[23]	India	Goa Shipyard Limited

[EDIT]PLANNED SHIPS AND SUBMARINES (TOTAL ~94)

Class	Numbers planned	Origin	Builder	Status	Image
Aircraft carriers
Second Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (Project 71)[24]	3	India	Cochin Shipyard	Expected Commission in 2017
Destroyers (3 under construction)
Project 15B [25]	4 approved by CCS	India	Mazagon Dock	Work to begin after completion of on Project 15A ships
Frigates
Project 17A class frigate	7	India	Mazagon Dock/GRSE	Order placed
Corvettes
Kamorta	8	India	GRSE	8 project 28A on order
Nuclear Submarines
Akula	1	Russia		Not confirmed	Akula class submarine
SSBN	3	India	Shipbuilding Centre (SBC), Vishakapatnam	Follow on to the Arihant class[26]
SSN	9[27]	India	Shipbuilding Centre (SBC), Vishakapatnam	Escort to the SSBN's
Submarines						\
Submarines (9)
Scorpene	3 under Project 75 after the first 6 are completed	France	Mazagon Dock	Expected commission in 2015	Scorpene
Project 75I[28][29]	6			RFP Released
Indigenous submarine[30]	12	India		Planned
Midget submarines	5	India		RFI issued[31]
Mine countermeasure vessels
Amphibious warfare
Landing platform dock	4[32]			Approved by CCS
Landing ship tanks[33]	14
Patrol crafts
Offshore Patrol Vessels	5	India	Pipavav Shipyard	Order Placed[34]
Survey vessels
Survey vessel[35]	6 ordered	India	Alcock Ashdown (Gujarat ) Limited
Training Ship
Sail Training ship[36]	1 ordered	India	GRSE