The International Fleet Review 2026 (IFR 2026) is an international maritime exercise hosted in Visakhapatnam, India and conducted by the Indian Navy on behalf of the President of India in February 2026 to improve relations with other navies in the region. This article is a list of the ships which have participated in the IFR 2026.
India (host) The IFR and exercise MILAN 2026 had 85 participating ships including 60 warships from the Indian Navy and four from the Indian Coast Guard. Additionally, SCI Saraswati, a Multi Purpose Offshore Vessel, of the Shipping Corporation of India and research vessel Sagar Anveshika of the National Institute of Ocean Technology were part of the events. served as the presidential yacht during the event.
Indian Navy Presidential yacht Ship Image Class Commanding OfficerNote P58 President Droupadi Murmu undertook the review from this ship.Aircraft carrierShipImageClassCommanding OfficerNoteINS VikrantR11Captain Ashok RaoArrived on 17 February.Attack submarine Ship Image Class Commanding OfficerNote S60 Commander Jijo Mohan S61Commander Ajith Jacob S47 Commander Praveen Kumar AkelaDestroyer Ship Image Class Commanding OfficerNoteD66Captain Pradeep RamanD65Captain Suraj James ReberaD62 Captain Shantanu SharmaD60Captain C. SairamD52Captain K. P. SreeseanD54Captain Rahul MehtaD55Captain Prajit MenonFrigate Ship Image Class Commanding OfficerNoteF33 Captain Gurudeep BalaF34Captain Robin ChakravartyF35Captain Vikas SoodF50Captain Anirudh MehtaF71Captain Sridhar TataF48Captain Rajeev K. TiwariF49Captain Vikas JhaCorvettes Ship Image Class Commanding OfficerNoteP28Commander Swapnil SrivastavaP30Commander Alok GauravP31Commander Ashwini Kumar BuraP62Lieutenant Commander Advait SarinP47Commander Ronnie ChowpooArnala classP68Commander Ankit GroverP69Commander Guruprasad PatilLanding Ship, Tank Ship Image Class Commanding OfficerNoteL16Commander Sumit Kumar SinghL24Commander Ishwar P. PatilL23Commander Gaurav TiwariLanding Craft Utility Ship Image Class Commanding OfficerNoteINS LCU 55Mk. IV LCU55Lieutenant Commander Harsukh DadhichINS LCU 5656Lieutenant Commander Abhinash PatraAuxiliary ships Ship Image Class Commanding OfficerNoteA58Captain Shobhit AggarwalA57Captain Praveen Kumar SinhaINS NistarA16Commander Amit Subhro BanerjeeTraining shipA86Captain Tijo K. JosephTorpedo recovery vesselA61Lieutenant Commander Anurag DaimaFloating Test RangeA41Captain A. AshokTugboatA51Lieutenant Commander Mukul MagotraTall ship Ship Image Class Commanding OfficerNote Tarangini classA75Commander Nitin Nikhil GajjarSailing Ship of the Indian Navy. Participated in the Search and rescue efforts following the Sinking of IRIS Dena.Survey vessels Ship Image Class Commanding OfficerNoteJ18Captain Nattuva DheerajINS Ikshak paticapated in the Search and rescue efforts following the sinking of IRIS Dena.J19Captain Ajay ChauhanJ23Captain Tribhuvan SinghJ16Commander Devendra SinghJ21Commander Amit Kumar PadhaJ22Captain Kishore AerJ31Commander Madhusudhanrao MaradanaPatrol Vessels Ship Image Class Commanding OfficerNoteP57P59P50P53P56Commander Jishnu MadhavanINS Car NicobarT69Lieutenant Commander Ankit AmitabhINS CheriyamT72Lieutenant Commander Tula Umesh KumarINS TihayuT93T68Lieutenant Commander Aditya KumarT67Lieutenant Commander Satya Veer SinghT66Lieutenant Commander Gagangeet MahajaniImmediate Support VesselsArmed patrol boatT35T36T37T38T39T40
Indian Coast Guard Pollution Control Vessel Ship Image Class Commanding OfficerNote Samudra Pratap class204DIG Ashok Kumar BhamaPatrol Vessels Ship Image Class Commanding OfficerNote35ICGS Sarathi (Flight I)14Commandant Kundan SinghICGS Sujay17DIG Davis John Manoj
Foreign participants There were 19 warships from the navies of foreign friendly nations which will be participating in the Fleet Review. This is the first instance when military assets from Germany, Philippines and the UAE will participate in an Indian military exercise and event. Naval aircraft from the countries will also take part.
Ships Surface combatants Boat Image Class Country Commanding OfficerNote(planned but cancelled)DDG-91The ship departed Singapore following a repair and maintenance exercise on 11 February. The ship's participation was cancelled due to "emergent reasons". It was replaced by a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft (MPRA) from Patrol Squadron (VP) 4. RFS Marshal ShaposhnikovUdaloy-class frigate543Captain 1st rank Merkulov Sergey ViktorovichThe Pacific Fleet-based frigate departed from Muscat, Oman. The ship was reclassified as frigate in 2021.DD-103Commander Tsutsumi ToshioDeparted Ōminato Naval Base on 28 January. Constitutes the 53rd deployment of the JMSDF Counter Piracy Enforcement Deployment. Additionally tasked with intelligence gathering in the Middle East.DDH-979Captain Yoon Hyuk-minDeparted Jeju Naval Base on 30 January. Second instance of the Navy's participation in Indian exercise.FFH 152The deployment is part of Australia’s Regional Presence Deployment program. Arrived on 16 February.SAS AmatolaValour-class frigateF145Captain Dieter Jones FFG-06Captain Paul Michael P HechenovaFirst foreign mission for the ship. The maiden exercise of the Philippines with India.F29Captain Mohammad Mosfikur RehmanArrived on 17 February.Al Emarat P111Arrived on 17 February.UMS King Aung ZeyaF-111Commander Ye Win Thaw357Captain Riyanto Agus WibowoArrived on 17 February.IRIS DenaMoudge-class frigate75Arrived on 16th February After the exercise, she was sunk by an American submarine off the coast of Galle, Sri Lanka during the 2026 Iran war. 32 crew members rescued by the Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force.VPNS 17 17Commander Le Viet NghiArrived on 12 February.Auxiliary ships Boat Image Class Country Commanding OfficerNote 1503 Malaysia Captain Ananthan TharmalingamHengam class tank landing ship514 Iran Participated at goodwill events in Mumbai. The ship and its crew of 183 sailors was later interned at Kochi at the outbreak of the 2026 Iran war following the sinking of IRIS Dena.Patrol boats Boat Image Class Country Commanding OfficerNoteOPV-551Arrived on 16 February.Vikram-class Offshore patrol vesselP622Captain Nilanga DharmarathnaTwo ships of the Sri Lankan Navy will take part in IFR 2026, both arrived on 16 February.RNOV Sadh Z-22SLNS NandimitraP701Captain Lohitha De SilvaTwo ships of the Sri Lankan Navy will take part in IFR 2026, both arrived on 16 February. P801Captain A. S. PrabhakarArrived on 12 February.SCGS Zoroaster P609Captain Lyndon LablacheArrived on 12 February. Scheduled for her three month long second refit at GRSE later.
Aircraft Fighter aircraft Aircraft Image CountryNoteMiG-29KPrimary carrier-borne aircraft of the Indian Navy.BAE HawkAdvanced Jet Trainer in the Indian Navy.Maritime patrol aircraftAircraftImageCountryNoteAtlantique 2P-8 PoseidonThe US P-8A was part of the VP-4 squadron.Dornier Do 228Naval helicopterAircraftImageCountryNoteMH-60R SeahawkHAL DhruvWestland Sea King
Observer States Observers from the armed forces of Bhutan, Kazakstan, Tajikistan as well as twenty members of the African Union were present for IFR-26. Representatives from 135 nations were also invited to observe the proceedings.
See also
Indian Navy Fleet review List of ships present at International Fleet Review 2005 List of ships present at International Fleet Review 2013 List of ships present at International Fleet Review 2016 List of ships present at International Festival of the Sea, 2005
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