The chart above and the comments below are from Schizointel on X (Twitter). Note proliferation of Iranian drone carriers, and as noted earlier, the strength of the Indian Navy deployment.

29JAN2024 Updated map of warships operating in Red Sea, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea.

Updates:

IKE CSG and HMS Diamond (D-34)

IRIS Alborz (72) and MV Behshad spotted on imagery ~70km E of Djibouti.

FS Languedoc (D-653) relieved by FS Alsace (D-656)

PLAN 45th Naval Escort Taskforce continues to conduct naval escorts. China is now considering joining Operation Prosperity Guardian with the 45th Naval Escort Task Force this comes following recent indications from Chinese defense officials in Djibouti that they are Increasingly nervous about “spillover” from this Houthi Attacks.

New Zealand has Joined Operation Prosperity Guardian and will deploy 6 Defense Officials/Staff Officers.

INS Visakhapatnam (D-66) FS Alsace (D-656) USS Carney (DDG-64) Responded to a distress call of M/V Marlin Luanda in the Gulf of Aden, after being struck by ASBM and critical damage control, firefighting material and assistance to the civilian crew, who had depleted their organic firefighting capability. Thanks to this rapid response by the U.S., Indian and French navies, the fire is now extinguished. There were no casualties in the attack, the ship remains seaworthy, and has returned to its previous course.

INS Kochi (D-64) has returned to port.

IRIN 97th Flotilla is preparing for deployment to the Gulf of Aden to relieve the IRIN 94th Flotilla which composed of the Alborz (72) which has been deployed for 80 days. (Unknown which ships are part of 97th Flotilla at this time.

Unnamed IRIN Flotilla Composed of IRIS Bushehr (422) IRIS Tonb (513) another Iranian Drone Carrier Deployed 8 days ago have not been able to locate accurate position yet since it left Bandar Abbas 20JAN2024. Iranian Media listed this deployment as “new combat and training flotilla” and “deployed on a heavy and multidimensional mission and would be trained in the mission to prepare them to take on delicate tasks in the future, detailing that Iranian forces maintained a presence on the high seas and oceans despite the plans of their enemies.”

IRGCN Shahid Mahdavi (110-3) one of Irans Drone carriers is underway in the Gulf of Oman.

Former IRIN 86th Flotilla composed of IRIS Dena (75) IRIS Makran (441) IRIN forward base ship Currently in Bandar Abbas

Does not include all ships under Combined Maritime Force such as CTF 150, CTF 151, CTF 152, CTF 153,

Thanks to Tom Wade for bringing this to my attention.