International Fleet Review 2016

International Fleet Review 2016
Date4–8 February 2016 (2016-02-04 – 2016-02-08)
DurationFive days
VenueEastern Naval Command
LocationVisakhapatnam, India
Coordinates17°41′45″N 83°16′51″E / 17.695811°N 83.280709°E / 17.695811; 83.280709
Also known asIFR 2016
TypeMilitary exercise
ThemeUnited through Oceans
Patron(s)Government of India
Organised byIndian Navy
Participants
Press releaseGWAW15001898_IFR press release
PublicationAhoy IFR 2016
WebsiteIFR 2016 website
Passage Exercise (PASSEX) during Fleet Review

International Fleet Review 2016 (IFR 2016) was an international maritime exercise hosted and conducted by the Indian Navy on behalf of the President of India in February 2016 to improve relations with other navies in the region. The Indian Navy demonstrated its maritime capabilities to the foreign navies participating in the review.[4]

The President's fleet review is a gathering of naval ships for observation by the President of India who reviews the fleet of the Indian Navy. Past fleet reviews in India include a 2006 review conducted by president A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the first public naval fleet review outside Mumbai.[5]

Two other notable international fleet reviews were held before 2016: the International Fleet Review 2005 in the United Kingdom and the International Fleet Review 2013 in Australia. IFR 2016 was the second international fleet review conducted in India; the first, in Mumbai in 2001, had 29 participants. A total of 95 warships from 50 navies, including the Indian Navy, participated in IFR 2016.[6][7] The review, conducted from 4 to 8 February 2016 in Visakhapatnam, was organized by the Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy.[8]

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