Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet

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Flag Officer Commanding
Eastern Fleet
(FOCEF)
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Incumbent
Rear Admiral Rajesh Dhankhar, NM
since 10 November 2023
Indian Navy
AbbreviationFOCEF
Reports to Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command
Seat Visakhapatnam
First holder Rear Admiral S H Sarma, PVSM

Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet (FOCEF) is the title of the Indian Navy Officer who commands the Eastern Fleet, headquartered in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The FOCEF is a Two Star Officer holding the rank of Rear Admiral. The Current FOCEF is Rear Admiral Rajesh Dhankhar, who assumed office on 10 November 2023.

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History

After the independence and the partition of India on 15 August 1947, the ships and personnel of the Royal Indian Navy were divided between the Dominion of India and the Dominion of Pakistan. The division of the ships was on the basis of two-thirds of the fleet to India, one third to Pakistan. [1]

The operational ships of the remaining Royal Indian Navy, minus Pakistan, were initially placed under the command of the Commodore Commanding Indian Naval Squadron (COMINS), later the Rear-Admiral Commanding Indian Naval Squadron (RACINS), whose title was then changed to Flag Officer (Flotilla) Indian Fleet (FOFIF). These appointments were initially held by British officers: Commodore H.N.S. Brown, who was the Commanding Officer of INS Delhi (C74) and serving as COMINS, seemingly at the same time, and later, Commodore (later Rear Admiral) Geoffrey Barnard who became COMINS and later Rear-Admiral Commanding, INS. [2] The Flotilla was later upgraded to the Indian Fleet under a Flag Officer Commanding Indian Fleet (FOCIF). [3]

On the proclamation of a Republic in 1950, the 'Royal' title was dropped and the Navy became simply the Indian Navy. Barnard was succeeded by Rear Admiral N.V. ("Uncle Richard") Dickinson, Rear Admiral F.A. Ballance, and then the final British officer Rear Admiral St John Tyrwhitt as FOCIF. [2] In 1956, Rear Admiral Ram Dass Katari became the first Indian flag officer, and was appointed the first Indian FOCIF on 2 October, when he took over from Rear Admiral Tyrwhitt. [4] [5] (title alternately given as Flag Officer (Flotilla)). [6] In 1957, INS Mysore (C60) was commissioned, and the flag of Rear Admiral Katari was transferred, INS Mysore thus becoming the flagship of the Indian Fleet. [7]

On 1 March 1968, the Eastern Naval Command was established and the Indian Fleet was renamed as the Western Fleet. [8] [9] In September 1971, Rear Admiral S H Sarma was summoned by the Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral S M Nanda who told him that he was to move to Visakhapatnam and take up command of the yet-to-be-formed Eastern Fleet. [10] The two-fleet concept of the Navy came into force with the constitution of the Eastern Fleet on 1 November 1971. Rear Admiral Sarma took over as the founding Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet (FOCEF). [11] In mid 1971, The aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, along with the frigates INS Brahmaputra and INS Beas were moved from the Western Fleet to the Eastern Naval Command. [12] Thus, INS Vikrant became the flagship of the Eastern Fleet.

Organisation

The FOCWF is assisted by the fleet staff, headed by the Fleet Operations Officer (FOO), a one-star appointment. The Fleet Communications & Electronic Warfare Officer (FCO), Fleet Gunnery Officer (FGO), Fleet Navigation Officer (FNO), Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Officer (FASWO), Fleet Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Damage Control Officer (FNBCDO), Fleet Engineering Officer (FEO) and Fleet Electrical Officer (FLO) make up the rest of the fleet staff. [13]

List of commanders

S.No.NameAssumed officeLeft officeNotes
1 Rear Admiral S H Sarma PVSM 1 November 19711 March 1973Later Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command. [14]
2 Rear Admiral Ronald Lynsdale Pereira AVSM 2 March 197310 January 1975Later Chief of the Naval Staff. [15]
3 Rear Admiral R K S Ghandhi VrC 28 January 197518 October 1975Also commanded the Western Fleet. Later Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command. [16]
4 Rear Admiral V. E. C. Barboza AVSM & bar 29 October 197514 April 1976Later Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command. [17] [18]
5 Rear Admiral D. S. Paintal AVSM 16 April 19769 June 1977 [19]
6 Rear Admiral Mihir K. Roy AVSM , VSM 10 June 197727 February 1978Director of Naval Intelligence during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. [20]
7 Rear Admiral Oscar Stanley Dawson AVSM 28 February 197820 March 1979Later Chief of the Naval Staff. [21]
8 Rear Admiral S. L. Sethi AVSM , NM 21 March 19794 January 1980Later Vice Chief of the Naval Staff. [22]
9 Rear Admiral K. K. Nayyar AVSM 5 January 198017 July 1981Later commanded the Western Fleet and served as Vice Chief of the Naval Staff. [23]
10 Rear Admiral Sukmal Jain AVSM , NM 18 July 198114 October 1982Later Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command. [24]
11 Rear Admiral I. J. S. Khurana15 October 198328 June 1983Later Director General of the Indian Coast Guard. [25]
12 Rear Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas AVSM , VrC , VSM 29 June 198327 March 1985Later Chief of the Naval Staff. [26]
13 Rear Admiral S. P. Govil AVSM 28 March 19857 March 1986Later Vice Chief of the Naval Staff. [27]
14 Rear Admiral H. Johnson AVSM 8 March 19868 July 1987Later Vice Chief of the Naval Staff. [28] [29]
15 Rear Admiral S. W. Lakhkar AVSM , NM 9 July 198722 August 1988Later Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command. [30]
16 Rear Admiral B. Guha AVSM 23 August 198828 January 1990Later Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command. [31]
17 Rear Admiral P. S. Das UYSM , AVSM 29 January 199026 October 1991Later Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command. [32]
18 Rear Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat AVSM 27 October 19912 October 1992Later Chief of the Naval Staff. [33]
19 Rear Admiral P. J. Jacob AVSM , VSM 3 October 19922 January 1994Later Vice Chief of the Naval Staff. [34]
20 Rear Admiral Harinder Singh AVSM 3 January 199428 April 1995Later Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command.
21 Rear Admiral Arun Prakash AVSM , VrC , VSM 29 April 199526 November 1996Later Chief of the Naval Staff. [35] [36]
22 Rear Admiral Om Prakash Bansal AVSM , VSM 27 November 199614 October 1997Later served as Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command and as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command. [37]
23 Rear Admiral S. V. Gopalachari AVSM , VSM 15 October 199710 November 1998Later Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff. [38]
24 Rear Admiral K. V. Bharathan AVSM , VSM 11 November 199814 March 2000Later Vice Chief of the Naval Staff. [39]
25 Rear Admiral Arun Kumar Singh AVSM , NM 15 March 20007 October 2001Later served as Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command and as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command. [40] [41]
26 Rear Admiral Pradeep Kaushiva UYSM , VSM 8 October 200126 January 2003Later Commandant of the National Defence College. [42]
27 Rear Admiral Raman Prem Suthan AVSM , VSM 26 January 200329 April 2004Later Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command. [43] [44]
28 Rear Admiral S. K. Damle AVSM , NM , VSM 30 April 200423 May 2005Later Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command. [45] [46]
29 Rear Admiral Sanjeev Bhasin AVSM , VSM 24 May 200523 March 2006Later Commandant of the National Defence College and Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command. [47] [48]
30 Rear Admiral D. K. Joshi AVSM , YSM , NM , VSM 24 March 200615 March 2007Later Chief of the Naval Staff. [47] [49]
31 Rear Admiral Robin K. Dhowan AVSM , YSM 15 March 200724 January 2008Later Chief of the Naval Staff. [50] [51] [49]
32 Rear Admiral Satish Soni 16 February 200826 November 2008Later Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command and Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command. [52] [50]
33 Rear Admiral Anurag Thapliyal AVSM , NM 26 November 200831 August 2009Later served as Commandant of Indian Naval Academy and as the Director General of the Indian Coast Guard. [52]
34 Rear Admiral P. N. Murugesan VSM 31 August 200924 January 2011Later served as Vice Chief of the Naval Staff. [53] [54]
35 Rear Admiral Harish Bisht 24 January 201130 April 2012Later Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command. [55] [53] [56]
36 Rear Admiral Ajit Kumar P 30 April 201215 August 2013Later served as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command. [56]
37 Rear Admiral Atul Kumar Jain VSM 10 July 20137 October 2014Later served as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff. [57]
38 Rear Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh VSM 7 October 20146 October 2015Later served as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command and Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command. [58]
39 Rear Admiral S. V. Bhokare YSM , NM 12 October 201515 October 2016Later served as Inspector General Nuclear Safety. [59] [60]
40 Rear Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta YSM , VSM 14 October 201615 January 2018Later Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command. [61]
41 Rear Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi AVSM , NM 15 January 201830 March 2019Current Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command. [62]
42 Rear Admiral Suraj Berry AVSM , NM , VSM 30 March 201910 February 2020Current Chief of Personnel (COP). [63] [64]
43 Rear Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan NM 10 February 202023 February 2021Current Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Operations). [65]
44 Rear Admiral Tarun Sobti VSM 23 February 202120 December 2021Current Director General Naval Operations. [66]
45 Rear Admiral Sanjay Bhalla 20 December 202130 November 2022Current Chief of Staff, Western Naval Command. [67]
46 Rear Admiral Gurcharan Singh 01 December 202210 November 2023 [68]
47 Rear Admiral Rajesh Dhankhar NM 10 November 2023Present [69]

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