INS Trata

INS Trata
Worli, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Type	Naval Missile Battery Base
Site information
Controlled by	Indian Navy
Site history
Built	1964 (1964)
In use	1964–present
Garrison information
Occupants	Western Naval Command

INS Trata is a missile battery base of the Indian Navy at Mumbai, Maharashtra tasked with the coastal defense of Maharashtra and Gujarat.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

History

The word Trata in Sanskrit means ‘The Protector’. The unit was commissioned on 12 December 1964 when the Indian Navy took over the coastal battery at Colaba point, from the army, which is presently INS Kunjali. The then Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral BS Soman commissioned it as INS Trata. On 26 Aug 1988 the Navy’s MMCB squadron was inducted. It was placed under the command of the Commanding Officer, INS Trata, when it shifted to Worli in August 1992.

Objective

The role of INS Trata is to defend the Indian naval bases and shipping against enemy ship attacks. The Mobile Missile Coastal Battery (MMCB) Squadron is unique in the Indian Navy in the sense that it is an operational Missile Squadron that is intended to provide Missile Coverage & Coastal defense to the Coast of Gujarat and Maharashtra and is also a shore establishment.

References

↑ "INS Trata | Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
↑ "Interim stay on sale of flats in Worli high-rise near naval base". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
↑ "Navy in trouble for NOC to buildings near INS Trata - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
↑ "Western Naval Command will celebrate Navy Day 2013 - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-02-07.

Naval establishments of India

Western Naval Command	INS Dwarka INS Sardar Patel INS Kadamba INS Vajrakosh INHS Patanjali INS Gomantak INS Hansa INHS Jeevanti INS Angre INS Abhimanyu INS Agnibahu INHS Asvini INS Kunjai INS Shikra INS Tanaji INS Trata INS Tunir INS Vajrabahu

Southern Naval Command	INS Dweeprakshak INS Minicoy INS Androth INS Bitra** INS Garuda INHS Sanjivani INS Venduruthy INS Droncharya INS Chikla INHS Nivrani INS Mandovi INS Hamla INS Shivaji INHS Kasturi INS Valsura INS Rajali INS Agrani INS Zamorin INS Satavahana INS Vishwakarma

Eastern Naval Command	INS Circars INS Dega INS Virbahu INHS Kalyani INS Kalinga INS Eksila INS Karna INS Adyar INS Parundu INS Kattabomman INS Tuticorin INS Netaji Subhash INS Paradip INS Bhubaneswar INS Varsha**

Andaman and Nicobar Command	INS Kardip INS Jarawa INS Utkrosh INS Baaz INS Campbell Bay INS Shibpur

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INS Trata

History

Objective

See also

References