Western Fleet Indian Navy

Hello sir I am here as I want to get the information about western fleet of Western Naval Command of the Indian Navy so will you please tell me about this??

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

Western fleet is the two-star level operational formation of the Western Naval Command.

It utilizes Mumbai and Karwar as its home ports, with INS Kunjali its HQ in Mumbai.

The fleet at the WNC is based under Flag Officer Maharashtra Area (FOMA) and provides naval defence in the sensitive north Arabian Sea adjacent to Pakistan.



Naval bases under Western Naval Command are the following

Base City Role

INHS Asvini Mumbai Naval Hospital

INHS Jeevanti Vasco-da-gama Naval Hospital

INHS Patanjali Karwar Naval Hospital

INS Abhimanyu Mumbai MARCOS base

INS Agnibahu Mumbai Missile boat squadron base

INS Angre Mumbai Logistics and Administrative support

INS Dwarka Okha Logistics and Maintenance support

INS Gomantak Panaji Logistics and Maintenance support

INS Hansa Dabolim Naval Air Station

INS Kadamba Karwar Logistics and Maintenance support

INS Kunjai Mumbai Naval Air Station

INS Sardar Patel Porbandar Logistics Support

INS Shikra Mumbai Naval Air Station

INS Tanaji Mumbai Naval ammunition depot

INS Trata Mumbai Coastal Missile Defense

INS Tunir Mumbai Naval missile depot

INS Vajrabahu Mumbai Submarine base

INS Vajrakosh Karwar Naval ammunition and missile depot