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{{Infobox military unit
{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = '''Western Naval Command'''
| unit_name = '''Western Naval Command'''
| image = [[File:INS_Vikramaditya_(R33)_with_a_Sea_Harrier.jpg|center|300px]]
| image = File:Western Naval Command.jpg  
| caption = [[INS Vikramaditya]] at sea
| caption = Crest of the Western Naval Command
| dates =  
| dates =  
|country= {{flag|India}}
|country= {{flag|India}}
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| decorations =  
| decorations =  
| battle_honours = <!-- Commanders -->
| battle_honours = <!-- Commanders -->
| commander1 = [[Vice Admiral]] [[R. Hari Kumar]], [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]]<ref name="toi-280221">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/vice-admiral-r-hari-kumar-takes-charge-as-western-naval-command-chief/articleshow/81253791.cms|title=Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar takes charge as Western Naval Command Chief|publisher=Times Of India|date=28 February 2021}}</ref>  
| commander1 = [[Vice Admiral]] [[Ajendra Bahadur Singh]], [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]]<ref name="uni-281121"/>
| commander1_label = FOC-in-C
| commander1_label = FOC-in-C
| commander2 = [[Rear admiral (India)|Rear Admiral]] [[Ajay Kochhar]], [[Nau Sena Medal|NM]]<ref name="pib-280221">{{cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1700554|title= REAR ADMIRAL AJAY KOCHHAR ASSUMES COMMAND OF THE WESTERN FLEET (FOCWF)|publisher=PIB|date=24 February 2021}}</ref>
| commander2 = [[Rear admiral (India)|Rear Admiral]] [[Vineet McCarty]]
| commander2_label = [[Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet|FOCWF]]
| commander2_label = [[Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet|FOCWF]]
| commander3 =  
| commander3_label = FOMA
| commander3_label =  
| commander3 = [[Rear Admiral]] [[Sandeep Mehta]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]]<ref name="PIB-FOMA"> {{cite web |title=REAR ADMIRAL MEHTA TAKES OVER AS FOMA |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1782277
|website=www.pib.gov.in}}</ref>
 
| notable_commanders = <!-- Insignia -->
| notable_commanders = <!-- Insignia -->
| identification_symbol =  
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The '''Western Naval Command''' is one of the three command–level [[formation (military)|formations]] of the [[Indian Navy]].<ref name=inwc>{{cite web|title=Organisation of Western Command|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/about-indian-navy/organisation-western-naval-command-mumbai|publisher=Indian Navy|access-date=1 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210060810/http://indiannavy.nic.in/about-indian-navy/organisation-western-naval-command-mumbai|archive-date=2013-02-10|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is headquartered in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]. As the senior–most of the three formations,<ref name="reorganisation"/> the command is responsible for the all naval forces in the [[Arabian Sea]] and western parts of the [[Indian Ocean]] and the naval establishments on the west coast of India.
The '''Western Naval Command''' is one of the three command–level [[formation (military)|formations]] of the [[Indian Navy]].<ref name=inwc>{{cite web|title=Organisation of Western Command|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/about-indian-navy/organisation-western-naval-command-mumbai|publisher=Indian Navy|access-date=1 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210060810/http://indiannavy.nic.in/about-indian-navy/organisation-western-naval-command-mumbai|archive-date=2013-02-10|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is headquartered in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]. As the senior–most of the three formations,<ref name="reorganisation"/> the command is responsible for the all naval forces in the [[Arabian Sea]] and western parts of the [[Indian Ocean]] and the naval establishments on the west coast of India.


The Command was formed on 1 March 1968.<ref>{{cite web|last=Luthra|first=Gulshan|date=December 2018|title=50 Glorious Years of Western Naval Command|url=https://www.indiastrategic.in/2018/12/19/50-glorious-years-of-western-naval-command/|access-date=31 October 2020|website=India Strategic}}</ref> The Command is commanded by a [[Three-star rank|Three Star]] Flag Officer of the rank of Vice Admiral with the title Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Command (FOC-in-C). [[Vice Admiral]] [[R. Hari Kumar]] is the current FOC-in-C WNC, who took over on 28 February 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/vice-admiral-r-hari-kumar-takes-charge-as-western-naval-command-chief/articleshow/81253791.cms|title=Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar takes charge as Western Naval Command Chief|publisher=Times Of India|date=28 February 2021}}</ref>  
The Command was formed on 1 March 1968.<ref>{{cite web|last=Luthra|first=Gulshan|date=December 2018|title=50 Glorious Years of Western Naval Command|url=https://www.indiastrategic.in/2018/12/19/50-glorious-years-of-western-naval-command/|access-date=31 October 2020|website=India Strategic}}</ref> The Command is commanded by a [[Three-star rank|Three Star]] Flag Officer of the rank of Vice Admiral with the title Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Command (FOC-in-C). [[Vice Admiral]] [[Ajendra Bahadur Singh]] is the current FOC-in-C WNC, who took over on 30 November 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh Takes Over As Flag Officer Commanding-In-Chief, Western Naval Command |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1776447 |website=pib.gov.in}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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== Capabilities ==
== Capabilities ==
The Flagship carrier of the [[Western Fleet (India)|Western Fleet]] is INS ''Vikramaditya''. The WNC is equipped with submarine pens, a carrier dock and main maintenance dockyards. The Carrier Battle Group of the Western Fleet consists of [[INS Vikramaditya|INS ''Vikramaditya'']], [[Delhi class destroyer|''Delhi'' class destroyer]]s, [[Talwar class frigate|''Talwar'' class frigate]]s, [[Brahmaputra class frigate|''Brahmaputra'' class frigate]]s, [[INS Kolkata]] Indian navy's brand new destroyer<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.firstpost.com/india/delay-mars-main-air-defence-weapon-deployment-ins-kolkata-1662943.html|title = Delay mars main air defence weapon deployment on INS Kolkata|date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> and [[Sindhughosh class submarine|''Sindhughosh'' class submarine]]s. The Naval Aviation is provided by [[MiG-29K ]]fighters along with airborne early warning [[Kamov Ka-31]] Helicopters.
[[File:INS Vikramaditya (R33) with a Sea Harrier.jpg|thumb|right|{{ship|INS|Vikramaditya|R33}} at sea.]]
The Flagship carrier of the [[Western Fleet (India)|Western Fleet]] is INS ''Vikramaditya''. The WNC is equipped with submarine pens, a carrier dock and main maintenance dockyards. The Carrier Battle Group of the Western Fleet consists of [[INS Vikramaditya|INS ''Vikramaditya'']], [[Delhi class destroyer|''Delhi'' class destroyer]]s, [[Talwar class frigate|''Talwar'' class frigate]]s, [[Brahmaputra class frigate|''Brahmaputra'' class frigate]]s, [[INS Kolkata]], Indian navy's one of the most powerful destroyer<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.firstpost.com/india/delay-mars-main-air-defence-weapon-deployment-ins-kolkata-1662943.html|title = Delay mars main air defence weapon deployment on INS Kolkata|date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> and [[Sindhughosh class submarine|''Sindhughosh'' class submarine]]s. The Naval Aviation is provided by [[MiG-29K ]]fighters along with airborne early warning [[Kamov Ka-31]] Helicopters.


Full-fledged shipbuilding facilities on the western seaboard include the [[Mazagon Dock Limited]] in Mumbai, the [[Goa Shipyard Limited]] and the [[Cochin Shipyard]] Ltd in [[Kerala]], which is India's largest repair dry dock.
Full-fledged shipbuilding facilities on the western seaboard include the [[Mazagon Dock Limited]] in Mumbai, the [[Goa Shipyard Limited]] and the [[Cochin Shipyard]] Ltd in [[Kerala]], which is India's largest repair dry dock.
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|Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief
|Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief
|[[Vice admiral|Vice Admiral]] [[R. Hari Kumar]], PVSM, AVSM, VSM
|[[Vice admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Ajendra Bahadur Singh]], AVSM, VSM
|<ref name="toi-280221"/>
|<ref name="uni-281121"/>
|-
|-
|Chief of Staff
|Chief of Staff
|[[Vice admiral|Vice Admiral]] [[R. B. Pandit]], AVSM
|[[Vice admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Krishna Swaminathan]], AVSM, VSM
|<ref>{{cite web |title=https://twitter.com/indiannavy/status/1140223632230121473 |url=https://twitter.com/indiannavy/status/1140223632230121473 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite tweet|user=DefPROMumbai|number=1451849665075286021|title=COs of the visiting naval ships from  laid wreaths at Gaurav Stambh, Naval Dockyard #Mumbai called on Rear Adm Krishna Swaminathan, Chief of Staff|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet]] (FOCWF)
|[[Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet]] (FOCWF)
|[[Rear admiral (India)|Rear Admiral]]  [[Ajay Kochhar]], NM
|[[Rear admiral (India)|Rear Admiral]]  [[Vineet McCarty]]
|<ref name="pib-280221"/>
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Change of Command of Western Fleet - Rear Admiral Vineet McCarty takes Over as Cdr of The Sword Arm {{!}} Indian Navy |url=https://indiannavy.nic.in/content/change-command-western-fleet-rear-admiral-vineet-mccarty-takes-over-cdr-sword-arm |website=indiannavy.nic.in}}</ref>
|-
|-
|Flag Officer Maharashtra Naval Area
|Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area (FOMA)
|[[Rear admiral (India)|Rear Admiral]] Atul Anand, [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]]
|[[Rear admiral (India)|Rear Admiral]] Sandeep Mehta, [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=https://twitter.com/indiannavy/status/1363807545777811457 |url=https://twitter.com/indiannavy/status/1363807545777811457 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Rear Admiral Sandeep Mehta Takes Over as Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1782277 |website=pib.gov.in}}</ref>
|-
|-
|Flag Officer Goa Area (FOGA) & Flag Officer Naval Aviation (FONA)
|Flag Officer Goa Area (FOGA) & Flag Officer Naval Aviation (FONA)
|[[Rear admiral (India)|Rear Admiral]] [[Philipose George Pynumootil]], AVSM, NM
|[[Rear admiral (India)|Rear Admiral]] [[Vikram Menon]], VSM
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Naval leg of Indo-Russian tri-service exercise starts in Goa |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/naval-leg-of-indo-russian-tri-service-exercise-starts-in-goa/articleshow/72480409.cms?from=mdr |website=The Economic Times |date=11 December 2019}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |title=REAR ADMIRAL VIKRAM MENON TAKES OVER AS FOGA |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1821619 |website=www.pib.gov.in |access-date=25 August 2022}}</ref>
|-
|Flag Officer Commanding Gujarat Naval Area (FOGNA)
|[[Rear admiral (India)|Rear Admiral]] [[Sameer Saxena]], [[Nao Sena Medal|NM]]
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mobile.twitter.com/IN_GDD/status/1597504861461188609 |website=Twitter |access-date=5 December 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Flag Officer Defence Advisory Group]] (FODAG)
|[[Flag Officer Defence Advisory Group]] (FODAG)
|[[Rear admiral (India)|Rear Admiral]] [[Krishna Swaminathan]], AVSM, VSM
|[[Rear admiral (India)|Rear Admiral]] Mahesh Singh, [[Nausena Medal|NM]]
|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jun 11 |first1=TNN / |title=Before rescue, Navy quelled fear in sailors {{!}} Ahmedabad News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/before-rescue-navy-quelled-fear-in-sailors/articleshow/83413127.cms |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1473894692307623940|user=DefPROMumbai|title=Rear Adm Mahesh Singh, NM assumed duties of Flag Officer Offshore Defence Advisory Group & Advisor to the Govt of India on Offshore Defence #FODAG on 21 Dec 21. |date=2021-12-23}}</ref>
|-
|-
|Flag Officer Karnataka Naval Area (FOK)
|Flag Officer Karnataka Naval Area (FOK)
|Rear Admiral Mahesh Singh, NM
|[[Rear admiral (India)|Rear Admiral]] Atul Anand, [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Rear Admiral Mahesh Singh Assumes Charge as Flag Officer Commanding Karnataka Area {{!}} Indian Navy |url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/rear-admiral-mahesh-singh-assumes-charge-flag-officer-commanding-karnataka-area |website=www.indiannavy.nic.in}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Rear Adm Atul Anand takes over as Flag Officer Commanding Karnataka Naval Area (FOK) {{!}} Indian Navy |url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/rear-adm-atul-anand-takes-over-flag-officer-commanding-karnataka-naval-area-fok |website=www.indiannavy.nic.in}}</ref>
|-
|-
|Admiral Superintendent Dockyard (ASD) - Mumbai
|Admiral Superintendent Dockyard (ASD) - Mumbai
|[[Rear admiral (India)|Rear Admiral]] B. Sivakumar, VSM
|[[Rear admiral (India)|Rear Admiral]] K. P. Arvindan, VSM
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Rear Admiral B Sivakumar Takes Over as Admiral Superintendent of Naval Dockyard, Mumbai {{!}} Indian Navy |url=https://indiannavy.nic.in/content/rear-admiral-b-sivakumar-takes-over-admiral-superintendent-naval-dockyard-mumbai |website=indiannavy.nic.in}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |title=REAR ADMIRAL KP ARVINDAN TAKES OVER AS ADMIRAL SUPERINTENDENT OF NAVAL DOCKYARD (MUMBAI) |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1790114 |website=pib.gov.in}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Commodore Commanding Submarines (West)]]
|[[Commodore Commanding Submarines (West)]]
|
||[[Rear admiral (India)|Rear Admiral]] R. K. Dhingra
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/IndianNavy/posts/1687698541584999?__tn__=-R |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref>
|}
|}


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| colspan="6" |'''Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command (FOC-in-C WNC)'''
| colspan="6" |'''Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command (FOC-in-C WNC)'''
|-
|-
| rowspan="30" |[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]]
| rowspan="31" |[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]]
|Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda
|Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda
|1 March 1968
|1 March 1968
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|<ref>{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral Mookerjee Takes Over Western Naval Command|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1984-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1984-04-29_159.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=29 April 1984|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Subimal Mookerjee Retires From Navy|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1986-JAN-JULY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1986-03-01_127.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 March 1986|access-date=29 January 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral Mookerjee Takes Over Western Naval Command|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1984-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1984-04-29_159.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=29 April 1984|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Subimal Mookerjee Retires From Navy|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1986-JAN-JULY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1986-03-01_127.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 March 1986|access-date=29 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
|S Jain
|Sukhmal Jain
|28 February 1986
|28 February 1986
|31 December 1990
|31 December 1990
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|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/D-K-Joshi-is-new-chief-of-Western-Naval-Command/articleshow/8129905.cms|title=D K Joshi is new chief of Western Naval Command - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-10-24}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/D-K-Joshi-is-new-chief-of-Western-Naval-Command/articleshow/8129905.cms|title=D K Joshi is new chief of Western Naval Command - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-10-24}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Shekhar Sinha|Sekhar Sinha]]
|[[Shekhar Sinha]]
|1 September 2012
|1 September 2012
|31 May 2014
|31 May 2014
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|[[R. Hari Kumar]]
|[[R. Hari Kumar]]
|28 February 2021
|28 February 2021
|29 November 2021
|Current Chief of Naval Staff
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/vice-admiral-r-hari-kumar-takes-charge-as-western-naval-command-chief/articleshow/81253791.cms|title=Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar takes charge as Western Naval Command Chief|publisher=Times Of India|date=28 February 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[Ajendra Bahadur Singh]]
|30 November 2021
|Incumbent
|Incumbent
|
|
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/vice-admiral-r-hari-kumar-takes-charge-as-western-naval-command-chief/articleshow/81253791.cms|title=Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar takes charge as Western Naval Command Chief|publisher=Times Of India|date=28 February 2021}}</ref>  
|<ref name=uni-281121>{{cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/~/enc-bids-farewell-to-vice-admiral-ajendra-bahadur-singh/States/news/2576666.html|title=ENC bids Farewell to Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh|publisher=United News of India|date=2021-11-28}}</ref>
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