INS Ambuda was a self-propelled water carrier barge built by M/s Garden Reach Workshops Ltd, Kolkata, for Indian Navy.
[1] INS Ambuda had a rated capacity to carry 200 ton of fresh water and was designed by Central Design Organisation (CDO) of Directorate of Naval Construction (DNC).
[1] It was one of the first Indian navy vessel to be designed in India after independence.
It was commissioned on 31-3-1966[1] and was decommissioned in February 2007 after serving for over 40 years.
[2] Ambuda means Cloud in vernacular language.