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'''INS Venduruthy''' is an [[Indian Navy]] [[naval base|base]] located on [[Willingdon Island]] in [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]].<ref name=in-venduruthy>{{cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/INS_Venduruthy.html|title=INS Venduruthy|publisher=Indian Navy|access-date=2012-01-09}}</ref> It serves as the Headquarters of the [[Southern Naval Command]]. It is the largest training establishment of the Indian Navy. [[INS Garuda]] is a [[naval air station]] located adjacent to INS Venduruthy. [[Commodore (India)|Commodore]] Deepak Kumar is the Commanding officer of this base. It provides administrative facilities to all training establishments inside the Southern naval command. Pincode of INS Vendurathy is 682004.

==History==
Willingdon Island was reclaimed from [[Kochi Lake]] to aid the construction of the [[Port of Kochi]] in 1936. A small naval unit was set up at the location just two days prior to the outbreak of [[World War II]]. During the war, the rudimentary air strip near the port was transferred to the [[Royal Air Force]] in 1941. On 22 June 1943, the facilities were transferred to the [[Royal Navy]]. With the ongoing war, the base quickly expanded to become the headquarters of the Royal Navy in southern India.

In 1946, after the end of the war, the base was deserted and transferred to the [[Royal Indian Navy]] which maintained a small establishment of about 20 officers and 130 enlisted men. The name of the establishment was changed from ''HMS Chinkara'' to ''HMIS Venduruthy'' after the name of the original [[Venduruthy]] island. On 26 January 1950, when [[India]] became a [[Republic]], the name was changed to ''INS Venduruthy''.<ref name=hindu-anniversary>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/06/24/stories/2006062421530300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026103146/http://www.hindu.com/2006/06/24/stories/2006062421530300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 October 2012|title=INS Venduruthy celebrates anniversary|date=24 June 2006|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2012-01-09}}</ref>

Following the [[partition of India]], the navy lost three major training establishments which were located in the [[Dominion of Pakistan]]. ''INS Venduruthy'' was chosen as the location to replace these.<ref name=mod-fromfile>{{cite web|url=http://mod.nic.in/samachar/dec15-02/html/ch13.htm|title=I.N.S. Venduruthy: Its Past and Present|publisher=Sainik Samachar, Ministry of Defence|date=20 December 1953|access-date=2012-01-09|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207204637/http://mod.nic.in/samachar/dec15-02/html/ch13.htm|archive-date=7 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Facilities==
INS Venduruthy currently hosts the ''Seamanship School'', which imparts training to [[Executive officer#Military|executive officers]] and [[sailors]] of the [[Indian Navy]] and several friendly foreign naval forces. The establishment caters to the logistic needs of the services, civilian personnel and naval units based in Kochi as well as at [[Ezhimala]], [[Wellington, Tamil Nadu|Wellington]], [[Bangalore]] and the [[Lakshadweep Islands]] besides the naval NCC units.<ref>[http://www.defenceindia.com/20-jun-2k5/news27.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224091305/http://www.defenceindia.com/20-jun-2k5/news27.html |date=24 December 2007 }} ''Defence India'' for 20 June 2005</ref>

It also hosts the Diving School, Navigation & Direction (ND) School, [[Anti-submarine warfare]] (ASW) School, Signal School, Centre for Leadership and Behavioural Studies (CLABS) and NIETT.<ref name=in-venduruthy/>

==See also==
; Indian navy
* [[List of Indian Navy bases]]
* [[List of active Indian Navy ships]]

; Integrated commands and units
* [[Armed Forces Special Operations Division]]
* [[Defence Cyber Agency]]
* [[Integrated Defence Staff]]
* [[Integrated Space Cell]]
* [[Nuclear Command Authority (India)|Indian Nuclear Command Authority]]
* [[Indian Armed Forces]]
* [[Special Forces of India]]

; Other lists
* [[Strategic Forces Command]]
* [[List of Indian Air Force stations]]
* [[List of Indian Navy bases]]
* [[List of countries with overseas military bases#India|India's overseas military bases]]

== References ==
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{{commons category|INS Venduruthy}}

{{Indian Navy}}
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