A 86 Tir Class
Training Ship

INS Tir is the senor ship of the First Training Squadron based at Kochi under the Southern Naval Command. She is the first ship of its type, constructed at the Mazagaon Dock, Mumbai, exclusively for cadets training. In her first sixteen years in commission, she has trained over 1200 Indian naval officers and officers from friendly foreign navies. She has the distinction of visiting several foreign ports on goodwill visits.