A group of Indian Navy vessels at Bombay, mid-April 1980
Right: Nilgiri-class frigate INS “Dunagiri” (F36); builder Mazagon Dock, Bombay; commissioned 5th May 1977, decommissioned 20 October 2010
Inside her (probably): Fiji-class cruiser INS “Mysore” (C60); builder Vickers Armstrongs, Newcastle-upon-Tynes; commissioned into UK's Royal Navy 23 September 1940 as HMS “Nigeria” (C60); sold to Indian Navy 29 August 1957 (renamed but retaining pennant number); decommissioned 20 August 1985, then scrapped
Left: 3 Pondicherry-class minesweepers; left to right: INS “Pondicherry” (M61), commissioned 2 February 1978 & decommissioned 2007; INS “Bedi” (M63), commissioned 27 April 1979 & decommissioned 2009; INS “Porbander” (M62), commissioned 19 December 1978 & decommissioned 2007; all built in the Soviet Union.