Eastern Naval Command

Eastern Naval Command
Crest of the Eastern Naval Command
Active1 March 1968
Country India
Branch Indian Navy
TypeCommand
HeadquartersVisakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Commanders
FOC-in-CVice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar, AVSM, VSM
FOC Eastern FleetRear Admiral Susheel Menon, VSM

The Eastern Naval Command is one of the three command-level formations of the Indian Navy.[1] It is headquartered in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.[2] The command is responsible for the all naval forces in the Bay of Bengal and parts of the Indian Ocean and the naval establishments on the east coast of India.

The Command was established on 1 March 1968.[3][4] The Command is commanded by a Three Star Flag Officer of the rank of Vice Admiral with the title Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command (FOC-in-C). Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar is the current FOC-in-C ENC, who took over on 1 August 2023.

The HQ of the Eastern Naval Command at Visakhapatnam.
  1. ^ "Organisation of the Eastern Naval Command". Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. ^ "The might of the Indian Navy: ENC - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Golden Jubilee Celebrations of ENC | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in.
  4. ^ Hiranandani, G M (2000). Transition to triumph : history of the Indian Navy, 1965-1975. Lancer Publishers. ISBN 978-1897829721.