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Naval Orientation

The document provides an overview of various aspects of the Indian Navy, including equipment used for navigation, types of ships, and naval commands. It highlights key locations of naval stations and ships, ranks within the Navy, and notable figures such as the President as the supreme commander. Additionally, it mentions the significance of specific naval vessels and the historical figure Chhatrapati Shivaji as the Father of the Indian Navy.

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Naval Orientation

The document provides an overview of various aspects of the Indian Navy, including equipment used for navigation, types of ships, and naval commands. It highlights key locations of naval stations and ships, ranks within the Navy, and notable figures such as the President as the supreme commander. Additionally, it mentions the significance of specific naval vessels and the historical figure Chhatrapati Shivaji as the Father of the Indian Navy.

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SPECIALISED SUBJECT
NAVAL ORIENTATION

Echo Soundrer is used to find the depth.

Plotting Table is used for plotting position.

Navigation is used for track of ship.

Charts is used for find the direction of the ship at sea.

NO stands for Navigating Officer.

Difference between the levels of successive high and low water Height of tide.

Range of tide is a low water horizontal plane below which tide seldom fails.

The Vertical distance between the levels of the sea is High water.

Ship inherent magnetism and the North shown by compass is known as True bearing.

There are two types of compass used in Navy

One knot is equal to 1.85Km

Sonar helps us to prevent the ship fron grounding.

Sextant is used to find the direction.

INS Angre is located at Mumbai.

INS Eksila is located at Vishakhapatnam.

Dronacharya is located at Kochi.

Naval Air Station of Kochi is known as Garuda.

Indian Navy has two fleets.

President is the supreme commander of the Armed Forces.

President is entitled to 21 gun salute.

Executive Officer is also called second in command of unit in indian Navy.


There are four commands in Indian Navy.

Air craft carrier of Indian Navy is Vikramaditya.

Headquarter of Western Naval command is located in Mumbai.

Admiral is entitled for 17 gun salute.

Shivalik is a Destroyer class of ship.

Chief of Naval Staff is the Head of Indian Navy.

INS Chilka is situated in Orissa.

INS Nirupak is a Survey class ship.

INS Magar is a Landing Ship Tank class ship.

INS Sharda is a off shore petrol Vessel.

INS Deepak is Oil Tanker class of ship.

Highest rank of Indian Navy sailors is Master Chief Petty Officer Class I.

Headquarter of Eastern Naval command is situated in Vishakhapatnam.

Lowest rank of Indian Navy Officers is Sub Lieutenant.

Air Force day is celebrated on 8th Oct.

Headquarters of Southern Naval command is situated in Kochi.

Trikant is Talwar class of ship.

Admiral is equivalent to General in Army.

Naval Air Station of Goa INS Hansa.

Equipment used by Navy to detect sumerged objects like submarines and mines Sonar.

INS Arihant and INS Arighaat are nuclear-powered submarine of Indian Navy.

Anti Submarine Warefare school is at Kochi.

INS Vishal is a nuclear-powered Aircraft carrier of India under construction.


Chhatrapati Shivaji is called as the Father of the Indian Navy.

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