Indian navy ship sinks off east coast, one killed

[Sugarcane]

Four other crew members are missing from the 28 personnel on board when the ship sank late on Thursday, a navy spokesman said.-Reuters/file

NEW DELHI: A Indian torpedo recovery vessel sank off the coastal city of Visakhapatnam killing at least one person, the navy said on Friday, in the latest accident to raise concerns about the Asian power's ageing fleet.

Four other crew members are missing from the 28 personnel on board when the ship sank late on Thursday, a navy spokesman said.

“The remaining 23 personnel were rescued by the search and rescue ships,” the spokesman said.

The vessel was on an exercise to recover practice torpedoes fired by fleet ships, when flooding occurred in one of the compartments, the navy said in a statement.

The Indian navy has experienced a spate of accidents at a time when it is trying to modernise and expand its reach to keep up with the rising maritime ambitions of neighbour China.

The torpedo recovery vessel, a TRVA-72, was built by the Shipyard Limited in 1983, according to media reports.

Most of the country's fleet of more than a dozen submarines is in urgent need of modernisation.

The new government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed to upgrade India's military equipment, much of which dates back to the Soviet era, as well as boosting domestic defence manufacturing.

Indian navy ship sinks off east coast, one killed - World - DAWN.COM

 

[Sugarcane]

(Reuters) - A torpedo recovery vessel sank off the coastal city of Visakhapatnam killing at least one person, the navy said on Friday, in the latest accident to raise concerns about the Asian power's ageing fleet.

Four other crew members are missing from the 28 personnel on board when the ship sank late on Thursday, a navy spokesman said.

"The remaining 23 personnel were rescued by the search and rescue ships," the spokesman said.

The vessel was on an exercise to recover practice torpedoes fired by fleet ships, when flooding occurred in one of the compartments, the navy said in a statement.

The navy has experienced a spate of accidents at a time when it is trying to modernize and expand its reach to keep up with the rising maritime ambitions of neighbour China.

The torpedo recovery vessel, a TRVA-72, was built by the Shipyard Limited in 1983, according to media reports.

Most of the country's fleet of more than a dozen submarines is in urgent need of modernization. The new government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed to upgrade India's military equipment, much of which dates back to the Soviet era, as well as boosting domestic defence manufacturing.

(Reporting by Tanya Ashreena; Editing by Frank Jack Daniel and Jeremy Laurence)

Navy ship sinks off east coast, one killed, four missing| Reuters

 

[mike2000]

RIP to sailors

 

[gowda]

Very sad

 

[GR!FF!N]

RIP...

this is the pic of one of its class

 

[Shinigami]

dawn's picture

the ship was a tiny auxiliary boat built 35 years ago.

 

[kaku1]

RIP...

this is the pic of one of its class

This is more looking like Fishing Trawler.

 

[chauvunist]

RIP...

 

[BDforever]

NEW DELHI: A Indian torpedo recovery vessel sank off the coastal city of Visakhapatnam killing at least one person, the navy said on Friday, in the latest accident to raise concerns about the Asian power's ageing fleet.

Four other crew members are missing from the 28 personnel on board when the ship sank late on Thursday, a navy spokesman said.

“The remaining 23 personnel were rescued by the search and rescue ships,” the spokesman said.

The vessel was on an exercise to recover practice torpedoes fired by fleet ships, when flooding occurred in one of the compartments, the navy said in a statement.

The Indian navy has experienced a spate of accidents at a time when it is trying to modernise and expand its reach to keep up with the rising maritime ambitions of neighbour China.

The torpedo recovery vessel, a TRVA-72, was built by the Shipyard Limited in 1983, according to media reports.

Most of the country's fleet of more than a dozen submarines is in urgent need of modernisation.

The new government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed to upgrade India's military equipment, much of which dates back to the Soviet era, as well as boosting domestic defence manufacturing.

Indian navy ship sinks off east coast, one killed - World - DAWN.COM

RIP

dawn's picture

the ship was a tiny auxiliary boat built 35 years ago.

still does not make any excuse

@INDIC come and laugh here instead of Doing in BD section

 

[Shinigami]

still does not make any excuse

nor does it mean dawn should post a picture of delhi class destroyers
shoddy journalism... unless it was maliciously intended in which case its pathetic

 

[Sugarcane]

dawn's picture

Your sailor died and you are laughing at Dawn's picture..... cool

 

[rockstar08]

RIP to Sailors ....

 

[Sugarcane]

nor does it mean dawn should post a picture of delhi class destroyers
shoddy journalism... unless it was maliciously intended in which case its pathetic

It's mentioned "Reuters/file" under picture which means it's file photo not the actual.