INS Abhay and fast attack craft INFAC T-82 decommissioned at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai
On 6 October 2025 at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, the Indian Navy decommissioned INS Abhay, a Soviet Pauk II class anti-submarine corvette, and INFAC T-82, an Israeli Super Dvora Mk II class fast attack craft, after more than three decades of service.
Summary
On 6 October 2025 at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, Indian Naval Ship Abhay and Indian Naval Fast Attack Craft (INFAC) T-82 were decommissioned in a combined sunset ceremony presided over by Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command (PIB, 7 October 2025). INS Abhay, an anti-submarine corvette of the Soviet Pauk II class, was commissioned at Poti, Georgia, in the erstwhile USSR on 10 March 1989 and carried out anti-submarine patrols and coastal defence operations. INFAC T-82, an Israeli Super Dvora Mk II class craft with the motto 'Stealth and Strike', was commissioned on 9 October 2003 at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, and served as a frequent first responder for search and rescue, submarine escort and coastal interdiction. The National Flag, Naval Ensign and decommissioning pennants were lowered for the last time on both ships.
Key facts
- Date/place
- 6 Oct 2025, Naval Dockyard, Mumbai
- Presided
- Vice Adm Krishna Swaminathan, FOC-in-C Western Naval Command
- INS Abhay
- Soviet Pauk II class ASW corvette; commissioned Poti, Georgia (USSR), 10 Mar 1989
- INFAC T-82
- Israeli Super Dvora Mk II; commissioned 9 Oct 2003, Mumbai; motto 'Stealth and Strike'
Practice MCQs 2 questions
INS Abhay, decommissioned at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai in October 2025, belonged to which class?
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Correct answer: D — Pauk II class
PIB: INS Abhay was an anti-submarine corvette of the Soviet Pauk II class type, commissioned at Poti, Georgia in the erstwhile USSR on 10 March 1989.
Consider the following statements: 1. INS Abhay was commissioned at Poti, Georgia, in the erstwhile USSR in 1989. 2. INFAC T-82 was an Israeli Super Dvora Mk II class craft commissioned in 2003 at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
Both are correct. PIB: INS Abhay was commissioned at Poti, Georgia (USSR) on 10 March 1989; INFAC T-82, an Israeli Super Dvora Mk II class craft, was commissioned on 9 October 2003 at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai.