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Subsurface combatants (25) Class Picture Boat No. Commissioned Displacement Type Fleet Origin Status Kilo class: IRIS Taregh 901: 1992: 2,356 tons surfaced 3,076 tons submerged
6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) (cruising) Capacity. 100 passengers. Crew. 3. Indra is the largest solar-powered boat in India. [ 1] It started operations in Kochi waters in the Indian state of Kerala on 22nd December, 2023. The design and construction was done by Navalt at their Kochi headquarters and their Navgathi Panavally Yard.
Indian maritime history begins during the 3rd millennium BCE when inhabitants of the Indus Valley initiated maritime trading contact with Mesopotamia. [1] India's long coastline, which occurred due to the protrusion of India's Deccan Plateau, helped it to make new trade relations with the Europeans, especially the Greeks, and the length of its coastline on the Indian Ocean is partly a reason ...
Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) is an internationally recognised, independent ship classification society, founded in India in 1975. It is a public limited company incorporated under Section 25 of the Indian Companies Act 1956 (Section 8 of Indian Companies Act 2013). It is a Non-Profit organisation, Public undertaking and a member of the ...
R11. Majestic -class. 4 March 1961. 31 January 1990 [ 2] Converted to IMS-Indian Museum Ship briefly but subsequently scrapped in 2014. Formerly HMS Hercules although never commissioned into the Royal Navy. INS Viraat. R22. Centaur -class.
With an estimated 1,428,627,663 residents in 2023, India is the world's most populous country. [ 14] 1,210,193,422 residents were reported in the 2011 provisional census report. [ 360] Its population grew by 17.64% from 2001 to 2011, [ 361] compared to 21.54% growth in the previous decade (1991–2001). [ 361]
The Bengal Pilot Service (BPS) was an arm of the British East India Company (EIC). Its pilot boats were responsible for guiding East Indiamen, and other vessels, up and down the Hooghly River between Calcutta and the sea. The BPS vessels and their role were transferred to the Indian Navy in 1834.
32 × VL-SRSAM [1] VSHORAD (India) Next Generation Missile Vessels (NGMVs) are a planned class of anti-surface warfare corvettes for the Indian Navy. [3] Under this programme the Indian Navy intends to acquire six advanced missile vessels. Ships in this class will be armed with Anti-ship missile or Land-attack missile like BrahMos.