History of The Indian Navy - Partition and Independence of India

Partition and Independence of India

In 1947, British India was partitioned and the Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan gained independence from the United Kingdom. The Royal Indian Navy was split between India and Pakistan, with senior British officers continuing to serve with both navies, and the vessels were divided between the two nations.

Vessel type	India	Pakistan
Frigate	HMIS Tir HMIS Kukri	HMPS Shamsher HMPS Dhanush
Sloop	HMIS Sutlej HMIS Jumna HMIS Kistna HMIS Cauvery	HMPS Narbada HMPS Godavari
Corvettes	HMIS Assam
Minesweeper	HMIS Orissa HMIS Deccan HMIS Bihar HMIS Kumaon HMIS Rohilkhand HMIS Khyber HMIS Carnafic HMIS Rajputana HMIS Konkan HMIS Bombay HMIS Bengal HMIS Madras	HMPS Kathiawar HMPS Baluchistan HMPS Oudh HMPS Malwa
Survey vessel	HMIS Investigator
Trawler	HMIS Nasik HMIS Calcutta HMIS Cochin HMIS Amritsar	HMPS Rampur HMPS Baroda
Motor minesweeper(MMS)	MMS 130 MMS 132 MMS 151 MMS 154	MMS 129 MMS 131
Motor launch (ML)	ML 420	-
Harbour Defence Motor Launch (HDML)	HDML 1110 HDML 1112 HDML 1117 HDML 1118	HDML 1261 HDML 1262 HDML 1263 HDML 1266
Miscellaneous	All existing landing craft

When India became a republic on 26 January 1950, the name was changed to the Indian Navy, and the vessels were redesignated as Indian Naval Ships (INS).

Vice Admiral R. D. Katari was the first Indian Chief of Naval Staff, appointed on April 22, 1958.

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