Help wanted (serious)

[Bill Nichols]

Okay, I need a little help with research for my master's thesis :know: on the Indian Navy's new maritime strategy. Where else would I go but to the esteemed members of this forum? :rock:

Not having access to old editions of Janes Fighting Ships or Warships of the World, I'm asking if anyone could find for me the number of ships in the Indian navy, per year, since 1980 or thereabouts. I don't need a class-by-class breakout, nor do I need to know number of ships 'on order' (just how many actually in service. Something like the following:

Year: 19XX
Carriers: 2
Destroyers: 6
Frigates: 8
Corvettes & Missile Patrol Boats: 22
Submarines: 8

Anyone want to contribute? Many thanks in advance!

:|\\

[elanaiba]

Year: 2004-2005 Ok it's not that far in the past but all I have
Carriers: 1
Destroyers: 8
Frigates: 10 (but they seem to have had 13 operational)
Corvettes: 25
Submarines: 16

[nikimcbee]

Okay, I need a little help with research for my master's thesis :know: on the Indian Navy's new maritime strategy. Where else would I go but to the esteemed members of this forum? :rock:

Not having access to old editions of Janes Fighting Ships or Warships of the World, I'm asking if anyone could find for me the number of ships in the Indian navy, per year, since 1980 or thereabouts. I don't need a class-by-class breakout, nor do I need to know number of ships 'on order' (just how many actually in service. Something like the following:

Year: 19XX
Carriers: 2
Destroyers: 6
Frigates: 8
Corvettes & Missile Patrol Boats: 22
Submarines: 8

Anyone want to contribute? Many thanks in advance!

:|\\

Biil, are you near any major universities?