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. [1] This article is a list of the ships which have participated in the IFR 2026.
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, [2] a Multi Purpose Offshore Vessel, [3] of the Shipping Corporation of India and research vessel Sagar Anveshika [2] of the National Institute of Ocean Technology were part of the events. [4] INS Sumedha served as the presidential yacht during the event. [5]
| Presidential yacht | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ship | Image | Class | No. | Commanding Officer | Note |
| INS Sumedha | Saryu class | P58 | President Droupadi Murmu undertook the review from this ship. [6] | ||
| Aircraft carrier | |||||
| Ship | Image | Class | No. | Commanding Officer | Note |
| INS Vikrant | Vikrant class | R11 | Captain Ashok Rao | Arrived on 17 February. [7] | |
| Attack submarine | |||||
| Ship | Image | Class | No. | Commanding Officer | Note |
| INS Sindhukesari | Sindhughosh class | S60 | Commander Jijo Mohan | [8] | |
| INS Sindhukirti | S61 | Commander Ajith Jacob | |||
| INS Shankul | Shishumar class | S47 | Commander Praveen Kumar Akela | ||
| Destroyer | |||||
| Ship | Image | Class | No. | Commanding Officer | Note |
| INS Visakhapatnam | Visakhapatnam class | D66 | Captain Pradeep Raman | [8] [9] | |
| INS Chennai | Kolkata class | D65 | Captain Suraj James Rebera | ||
| INS Mumbai | Delhi class | D62 | Captain Shantanu Sharma | ||
| INS Mysore | D60 | Captain C. Sairam | |||
| INS Rana | Rajput class | D52 | Captain K. P. Sreesean | ||
| INS Ranvir | D54 | Captain Rahul Mehta | |||
| INS Ranvijay | D55 | Captain Prajit Menon | |||
| Frigate | |||||
| Ship | Image | Class | No. | Commanding Officer | Note |
| INS Nilgiri | Nilgiri class | F33 | Captain Gurudeep Bala | [9] | |
| INS Himgiri | F34 | Captain Robin Chakravarty | |||
| INS Udaygiri | F35 | Captain Vikas Sood | |||
| INS Tarkash | Talwar class | F50 | Captain Anirudh Mehta | [2] | |
| INS Tamal | F71 | Captain Sridhar Tata | [8] | ||
| INS Satpura | Shivalik class | F48 | Captain Rajeev K. Tiwari | [2] | |
| INS Sahyadri | F49 | Captain Vikas Jha | |||
| Corvettes | |||||
| Ship | Image | Class | No. | Commanding Officer | Note |
| INS Kamorta | Kamorta class | P28 | Commander Swapnil Srivastava | [2] | |
| INS Kiltan | P30 | Commander Alok Gaurav | |||
| INS Kavaratti | P31 | Commander Ashwini Kumar Bura | |||
| INS Kirch | Kora class | P62 | Lieutenant Commander Advait Sarin | ||
| INS Khanjar | Khukri class | P47 | Commander Ronnie Chowpoo | ||
| INS Arnala | Arnala class | P68 | Commander Ankit Grover | [9] | |
| INS Androth | P69 | Commander Guruprasad Patil | |||
| Landing Ship, Tank | |||||
| Ship | Image | Class | No. | Commanding Officer | Note |
| INS Shardul | Shardul class | L16 | Commander Sumit Kumar Singh | [2] | |
| INS Airavat | L24 | Commander Ishwar P. Patil | |||
| INS Gharial | Magar class | L23 | Commander Gaurav Tiwari | ||
| Landing Craft Utility | |||||
| Ship | Image | Class | No. | Commanding Officer | Note |
| INS LCU 55 | Mk. IV LCU | 55 | Lieutenant Commander Harsukh Dadhich | [2] | |
| INS LCU 56 | 56 | Lieutenant Commander Abhinash Patra | |||
| Auxiliary ships | |||||
| Ship | Image | Class | No. | Commanding Officer | Note |
| INS Jyoti | Komandarm Fedko class | A58 | Captain Shobhit Aggarwal | [2] | |
| INS Shakti | Deepak class | A57 | Captain Praveen Kumar Sinha | ||
| INS Nistar | Nistar class | A16 | Commander Amit Subhro Banerjee | ||
| INS Tir | Training ship | A86 | Captain Tijo K. Joseph | ||
| INS Astradharini | Torpedo recovery vessel | A61 | Lieutenant Commander Anurag Daima | ||
| INS Anvesh | Floating Test Range | A41 | Captain A. Ashok | ||
| INS Gaj | Tugboat | A51 | Lieutenant Commander Mukul Magotra | ||
| Tall ship | |||||
| Ship | Image | Class | No. | Commanding Officer | Note |
| INS Tarangini | Tarangini class | A75 | Commander Nitin Nikhil Gajjar | Sailing Ship of the Indian Navy. [10] [11] Participated in the Search and rescue efforts following the Sinking of IRIS Dena. [12] | |
| Survey vessels | |||||
| Ship | Image | Class | No. | Commanding Officer | Note |
| INS Sandhayak | Sandhayak class | J18 | Captain Nattuva Dheeraj | INS Ikshak paticapated in the Search and rescue efforts following the sinking of IRIS Dena. [12] [2] | |
| INS Nirdeshak | J19 | Captain Ajay Chauhan | |||
| INS Ikshak | J23 | Captain Tribhuvan Singh | |||
| INS Jamuna | Sandhayak class | J16 | Commander Devendra Singh | ||
| INS Darshak | J21 | Commander Amit Kumar Padha | |||
| INS Sarvekshak | J22 | Captain Kishore Aer | |||
| INS Makar | Makar class | J31 | Commander Madhusudhanrao Maradana | ||
| Patrol Vessels | |||||
| Ship | Image | Class | No. | Commanding Officer | Note |
| INS Sunayna | Saryu class | P57 | [2] | ||
| INS Sumitra | P59 | ||||
| INS Sukanya | Sukanya class | P50 | [10] | ||
| INS Savitri | P53 | [2] | |||
| INS Sujata | P56 | Commander Jishnu Madhavan | |||
| INS Car Nicobar | Car Nicobar class | T69 | Lieutenant Commander Ankit Amitabh | ||
| INS Cheriyam | T72 | Lieutenant Commander Tula Umesh Kumar | |||
| INS Tihayu | T93 | ||||
| INS Baratang | Bangaram class | T68 | Lieutenant Commander Aditya Kumar | ||
| INS Batti Malv | T67 | Lieutenant Commander Satya Veer Singh | |||
| INS Tarmugli | Trinkat class | T66 | Lieutenant Commander Gagangeet Mahajani | [10] | |
| Immediate Support Vessels | Armed patrol boat | T35 | [2] | ||
| T36 | |||||
| T37 | |||||
| T38 | |||||
| T39 | |||||
| T40 | |||||
| Pollution Control Vessel | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ship | Image | Class | No. | Commanding Officer | Note |
| ICGS Samudra Pratap | Samudra Pratap class | 204 | DIG Ashok Kumar Bhama | [2] | |
| Patrol Vessels | |||||
| Ship | Image | Class | No. | Commanding Officer | Note |
| ICGS Veera | Vikram class | 35 | [2] | ||
| ICGS Sarathi | Samarth class (Flight I) | 14 | Commandant Kundan Singh | ||
| ICGS Sujay | 17 | DIG Davis John Manoj | |||
There were 19 warships from the navies of foreign friendly nations which will be participating in the Fleet Review. [13] [14] 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. [15]
| Surface combatants | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boat | Image | Class | No. | Country | Commanding Officer | Note |
| USS Pinckney | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | DDG-91 | The ship departed Singapore following a repair and maintenance exercise on 11 February. [16] [8] The ship's participation was cancelled due to "emergent reasons". [17] It was replaced by a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft (MPRA) from Patrol Squadron (VP) 4. [18] | |||
| RFS Marshal Shaposhnikov | Udaloy-class frigate | 543 | Captain 1st rank Merkulov Sergey Viktorovich | The Pacific Fleet-based frigate departed from Muscat, Oman. [19] [20] The ship was reclassified as frigate in 2021. [21] [8] | ||
| JS Yūdachi | Murasame-class destroyer | DD-103 | Commander Tsutsumi Toshio | [22] | ||
| ROKS Gang Gam-chan | Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer | DDH-979 | Captain Yoon Hyuk-min | Departed Jeju Naval Base on 30 January. Second instance of the Navy's participation in Indian exercise. [23] | ||
| HMAS Warramunga | Anzac-class frigate | FFH 152 | The deployment is part of Australia’s Regional Presence Deployment program. Arrived on 16 February. [24] | |||
| SAS Amatola | Valour-class frigate | F145 | Captain Dieter Jones | [25] | ||
| BRP Miguel Malvar | Miguel Malvar-class frigate | FFG-06 | Captain Paul Michael P Hechenova | First foreign mission for the ship. The maiden exercise of the Philippines with India. [26] [15] | ||
| BNS Somudra Avijan | Hamilton-class cutter | F29 | Captain Mohammad Mosfikur Rehman | Arrived on 17 February. [22] [7] | ||
| Al Emarat | Gowind-class corvette | P111 | Arrived on 17 February. [15] [7] | |||
| UMS King Aung Zeya | Aung Zeya-class frigate | F-111 | Commander Ye Win Thaw | [2] | ||
| KRI Bung Tomo | Bung Tomo-class corvette | 357 | Captain Riyanto Agus Wibowo | Arrived on 17 February. [7] | ||
| IRIS Dena | Moudge-class frigate | 75 | Arrived on 17th February [22] [27] 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. [28] [29] [30] | |||
| VPNS 17 | Petya-class frigate | 17 | Commander Le Viet Nghi | Arrived on 12 February. [31] | ||
| Auxiliary ships | ||||||
| Boat | Image | Class | No. | Country | Commanding Officer | Note |
| KD Sri Indera Sakti | Sri Indera Sakti-class support ship | 1503 | | Captain Ananthan Tharmalingam | [32] | |
| IRIS Lavan | Hengam class tank landing ship | 514 | | Participated at goodwill events in Mumbai. [33] The ship and it's crew of 183 sailors was later interned at Kochi at the outbreak of the 2026 Iran war following the sinking of IRIS Dena. [34] | ||
| Patrol boats | ||||||
| Boat | Image | Class | No. | Country | Commanding Officer | Note |
| HTMS Krabi | River-class patrol vessel | OPV-551 | Arrived on 16 February. [14] [35] | |||
| SLNS Sagara | Vikram-class Offshore patrol vessel | P622 | Captain Nilanga Dharmarathna | Two ships of the Sri Lankan Navy will take part in IFR 2026, both arrived on 16 February. [36] [14] | ||
| RNOV Sadh | Al-Ofouq-class patrol vessel | Z-22 | [2] | |||
| SLNS Nandimitra | Sa'ar 4-class fast attack craft | P701 | Captain Lohitha De Silva | Two ships of the Sri Lankan Navy will take part in IFR 2026, both arrived on 16 February. [36] [14] | ||
| MCGS Huravee | Car Nicobar-class patrol vessel | P801 | Captain A. S. Prabhakar | Arrived on 12 February. [31] | ||
| SCGS Zoroaster | Rajshree-class patrol vessel | P609 | Captain Lyndon Lablache | Arrived on 12 February. [31] [37] Scheduled for her three month long second refit at GRSE later. [38] | ||
| Fighter aircraft | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Aircraft | Image | Country | Note |
| MiG-29K | Primary carrier-borne aircraft of the Indian Navy. [39] [40] [41] | ||
| BAE Hawk | Advanced Jet Trainer in the Indian Navy. [4] | ||
| Maritime patrol aircraft | |||
| Aircraft | Image | Country | Note |
| Atlantique 2 | [4] | ||
| P-8 Poseidon | [5] [42] [43] | ||
| Dornier Do 228 | [41] | ||
| Naval helicopter | |||
| Aircraft | Image | Country | Note |
| MH-60R Seahawk | [41] | ||
| HAL Dhruv | [43] | ||
| Westland Sea King | [41] | ||
Observers from the armed forces of Bhutan, Kazakstan, Tajikistan as well as twenty members of the African Union were present for IFR-26. [5] Representatives from 135 nations were also invited to observe the proceedings. [27]
The IFR saw the participation of around 19 foreign warships, among them was Malaysia's KD Sri Indera Sakti, alongside vessels from countries such as Indonesia, Japan, Russia and South Korea.