Indian Navy Visits Mombasa Kenya First Training Squadron

Deployment Overview

• Ships Involved: The First Training Squadron (1TS) which included INS Tir, INS Sujata, INS Shardul and ICGS Sarathi.
• Port of Call: Mombasa, Kenya.
• Date of Arrival: September 25, 2025.
• Deployment Context: This was an element of a long distance training exercise toSouth West Indian Ocean Region.

Diplomatic and Strategic Meaning.

• The Kenya Navy, the Indian Defence Advisor and the Acting High Commissioner of India received the ships with great reception.
• The trip to Kenya was the most recent of a sequence of diplomatic port calls with other previous calls to Seychelles, Mauritius, La Réunion, and Mozambique. This highlights the intention of India to reinforce the maritime relations within the Indian Ocean Region.

Operational Engagements

• Members of Indian and Kenyan navies engaged in professional contacts and other social activities.
• The main joint activities that took place were:
  • Interoperability through joint training.
  • A Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX).
  • A Passage Exercise (PASSEX), in which vessels navigate along with plays.