Southern Naval Command

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Southern Naval Command
INSV Sudarshini.JPG
INS Sudarshini
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
BranchNaval Ensign of India.svg  Indian Navy
Type Command
Headquarters Kochi, Kerala
Commanders
FOC-in-C Vice Admiral Vennam Srinivas, AVSM, NM

The Southern Naval Command is one of the three command-level formations of the Indian Navy. It has its headquarters in Kochi, Kerala at INS Venduruthy. It is the Training Command of the Indian Navy. [1]

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The Command is commanded by a Three Star Flag Officer of the rank of Vice Admiral with the title Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Command (FOC-in-C). Vice Admiral Vennam Srinivas, AVSM, NM is the current FOC-in-C SNC, who took over on 31 December 2023. [2]

History

The CNS Adm R K Dhowan inspecting the guard of honour at the Southern Naval Command Robin K. Dhowan visits Southern Naval Command, Kochi in 2015.jpg
The CNS Adm R K Dhowan inspecting the guard of honour at the Southern Naval Command

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. [3]

The shore establishments on the southern coast were headed by the Commodore Cochin (COMCHIN), a one star appointment. The COMCHIN directly reported into the Chief of the Naval Staff. In 1967, the Goa Area was included under COMCHIN. On 1 March 1968, the Commodore Cochin (COMCHIN) was re-designated as Commodore Commanding Southern Naval Area (COMSOUTH). [4] In August 1970, the appointment of COMSOUTH was upgraded to the two-star rank of Rear Admiral and was re-designated Flag Officer Commanding Southern Naval Area (FOCSOUTH). [5] This appointment was later upgraded, in October 1977, to the three star rank of Vice Admiral and re-designated Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command (FOC-in-C SNC). [6] [7] On 1 July 1986, the Southern Naval Command was made the Training Command. All the training establishments were placed under the command as well as the responsibility of formulating and executing of training policy. [8]

Area of responsibility

The Southern Naval Command and is commanded by the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief. The Southern Naval Command is the Training Command of Indian Navy and is responsible for the training of all its personnel, both officers as well as sailors, from basic to advance stages. It has subsidiary units from Jamnagar in Gujarat to Lonavala in Maharashtra, Goa and in Orissa but the majority of training units are in Kochi. The Indian Naval Academy is also placed under the Southern Naval Command. [9]

Kavaratti Islands is the home to INS Dweeprakshak, the main naval base of the Southern Naval Command in the Lakshadweep islands.

Capabilities

The Southern Naval Command consists of a Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST), a training squadron, training establishments and bases, and land forces and survey ships. It has a naval air station, and a ship repair yard. [10]

Organisation

The Southern Naval Command is organised as follows: [11]

PostCurrent HolderReferences
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Vice Admiral Vennam Srinivas, AVSM, NM [12]
Chief of Staff Rear Admiral Upal Kundu [13]
Commandant of Indian Naval Academy Vice Admiral Vineet McCarty [14]
Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST) Rear Admiral Susheel Menon, VSM [15]
Commandant Naval War College, Goa Rear Admiral Arjun Dev Nair, VSM [16]
Admiral Superintendent Yards (ASY) - Kochi Rear Admiral Sanjay Sharma [17]
Chief Staff Officer (Training) Rear Admiral Satish Shenai, NM [18]
Ships of the 1st Training Squadron 1 TS Ships Presenting Colour Guard at Port Victoria, Seychelles.JPG
Ships of the 1st Training Squadron

Naval bases under Southern Naval Command are the following [19]

BaseCity State/Territory Role
INS Dweeprakshak KavarattiLakshwadweepLogistics and Maintenance support
INS Minicoy [20] MinicoyForward Operating Base
INS Androth (Under construction)AndrothForward Operating Base and Radar station
INS Garuda KochiKeralaNaval Air Station
INHS Sanjivani Naval Hospital
INS Venduruthy Logistics and Administrative support
INS Dronacharya Naval Weapons Training
INS ChilkaChilkaOrissaNaval Training
INHS NivraniNaval Hospital
INS MandoviPanajiGoaNaval Training
INS HamlaMumbaiMaharashtraCombined Operations Training
INS Shivaji LonavalaTechnical Training
INHS KasturiNaval Hospital
INS Valsura JamnagarGujaratElectric Equipment Training
INS Rajali ArakkonamTamil NaduNaval Air Base
INS AgraniCoimbatoreLeadership Training
INS ZamorinEzhimalaKeralaLogistics and Maintenance support to Indian Naval Academy
INS Satavahana VisakhapatnamAndhra PradeshSubmarine Warfare Training

List of Commanders

RankNameAppointment DateLeft OfficeNotesReferences
Commodore-in-Charge Cochin (COMCHIN)
Commodore M. H. St. L. Nott August 1947March 1948Formerly Royal Indian Navy. Killed in an air accident at Corsica 27 March 1948. [21]
Henry Bramhall EllisonMarch 1948July 1950Seconded from the Royal Navy [22]
Eric G. McGregorJuly 1950November 1952Seconded from the Royal Navy [22]
A. D. H. JayNovember 1952January 1954Seconded from the Royal Navy [23]
Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman January 1954October 1956Later Chief of the Naval Staff [24]
Sadashiv Ganesh Karmarkar 1 May 1957April 1960 [25] [26]
R. S. DavidApril 1960June 1962 [27]
G. S. KapoorJune 1962December 1965
J. D. ModyDecember 1965February 1968 [28]
Commodore Commanding Southern Naval Area (COMSOUTH)
CommodoreInder SinghMarch 1968November 1970 [29]
Flag Officer Commanding Southern Naval Area (FOCSOUTH)
Rear Admiral V. A. Kamath November 1970March 1973 [5] [30]
Elenjikal Chandy Kuruvila March 1973October 1973 [31]
S. H. Sarma October 1973January 1975 [32]
Ronald Lynsdale Pereira January 197516 April 1976Later Chief of the Naval Staff. [33] [34]
V. E. C. Barboza 16 April 197626 October 1977 [34] [6]
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command (FOC-in-C SNC)
Vice Admiral V. E. C. Barboza26 October 19773 March 1979 [6] [35]
Oscar Stanley Dawson 30 March 197926 February 1982Later Chief of the Naval Staff. [36]
Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani 26 February 198230 March 1983Later Chief of the Naval Staff. [37]
K. K. Nayyar30 March 198328 November 1984Later Vice-Chief of the Naval Staff. [38]
Gulab Mohanlal Hiranandani 28 November 198430 November 1987Later Vice-Chief of the Naval Staff [39]
Laxminarayan Ramdas 30 November 198725 February 1989Later Chief of the Naval Staff [39] [40]
R. P. Sawhney25 February 198930 September 1990 [40]
Suren P. Govil1 October 199030 December 1990 [41] [42]
KASZ Raju 30 December 199029 August 1992 [43]
S. K. Chand29 August 199214 October 1993Later Vice-Chief of the Naval Staff [44] [45]
Inderjit Bedi17 October 199330 April 1996 [46] [47]
A. R. Tandon30 April 199623 October 1996 [47]
Madhvendra Singh 23 October 199631 March 1998Later Chief of the Naval Staff [48]
Sushil Kumar 31 March 199830 December 1998Later Chief of the Naval Staff [49]
R. N. Ganesh8 March 1999March 2001 [50]
Harinder SinghMarch 2001May 2002 [51] [52]
Madanjit Singh31 May 20021 October 2003 [53]
Yashwant Prasad15 October 20031 August 2004 [54]
S. C. S. Bangara1 August 200431 July 2006 [55]
Jagjit Singh Bedi31 July 200628 July 2007 [56]
Sunil Kumar Damle28 July 200731 August 2009
K. N. Sushil1 September 200931 May 2012
Satish Soni 31 May 20122014Later served as FOC-in-C of the Eastern Naval Command
Surinder Pal Singh Cheema 20142015Later served as FOC-in-C of the Western Naval Command [57] [58]
Sunil Lanba 1 February 201631 May 2016Later served as Chief of Naval Staff and as Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee [59]
Girish Luthra 201629 May 2016Later served as FOC-in-C of the Western Naval Command [60] [61]
AR Karve 29 May 201630 July 2018 [62]
Anil Kumar Chawla 30 July 201830 November 2021
M A Hampiholi 30 November 202131 December 2023 [63]
Vennam Srinivas 1 January 2024Incumbent [64]

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