Navy Warship Runs Aground off Visakhapatnam

[Indo-guy]

Navy warship runs aground off Visakhapatnam coast - The Times of India


NEW DELHI: An amphibious warship of the Navy was damaged when it ran aground off the coast of Visakhapatnam last week, after which an inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the reasons for the mishap.

This was the eighth incident involving a Naval warship since the sinking of the submarine INS Sindhurakshak in Mumbai harbour in August last year in which all 18 personnel on board were killed.

The Magar-class Landing Ship Tanker ran aground off the coast of Visakhapatnam last week and suffered damages.

An inquiry has been ordered to probe the incident by the Navy, sources in the Navy said.

A Navy spokesperson refused to comment on the issue. The LSTs are used by the Navy for amphibious warfare.

Only two ships of the class were designed and built by Hindustan Shipyard Limited in partnership with the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers.

The ships are stationed at the naval base in Vishakhapatnam.

They can operate two medium-lift helicopters, which are primarily meant for "inserting" a small team of Special Forces (marine commandos).

There have been several incidents in the recent past soon after Navy Chief Admiral DK Joshi claimed that the force's record in terms of safety was "not that bad" when compared to other navies in the world.

After the sinking of the INS Sindhurakshak, the Navy has faced several mishaps including one in which the INS Betwa was damaged after probably hitting some underwater object.

The INS Sindhughosh, another Kilo Class submarine, had a close shave after it entered the Mumbai harbour in a low tide phase.

India's leading minesweeper, the INS Konkan that was undergoing repairs in Vizag, caught fire and suffered major damage to its interiors.

The Pondicherry-class minesweeper was getting a refit at a dry dock when the incident occurred.

 

[Abingdonboy]

This is probably going to turn into a troll thread. So I'll make some points to try and nip this in the bud.

1) The IN is expanding and is one of the largest navies in the world so minor incidents will occur from time to time- as they do with every navy.

2) look at what these LSTs do:

They are effectively running aground as a routine exercise. These sort of incidents, thus, go hand in hand with their operations.

3) the Indian media loves to be overly dramatic ann sensational so they'll spin entirely unrelated events and see patterns where none exist- as the last few lines of this article demonstrate.

 

[Albatross]

Not again ..

China,US and russia have bigger navies than India but we never see news about their grounded and drowned ships every other month...I think women in pakistan can drive cars on roads better than indian naval officers who find it difficult to manoeuvre ships in sea where there even no road.

Not again ..

China,US and russia have bigger navies than India but we never see news about their grounded and drowned ships every other month...I think women in pakistan can drive cars on roads better than indian naval officers who find it difficult to manoeuvre ships in sea where there even no road.

 

[kurup]

IS there some competition between Eastern fleet and western fleet about who creates more mishaps .

 

[spectribution]

In yet another setback for the Indian Navy, its amphibious ship INS Airavat suffered damages while returning back to the harbour on Thursday night. According to the sources, the incident occurred on account of the dredging work going on in the channel.


INS Airavat, built by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers in Kolkata, was returning to the harbour when its propellers hit the ground.

Although, the ship did not suffer any major damage but it is a serious issue for the Navy as the incident indicates towards a navigational error.

INS Airavat was commissioned at the Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam on May 19, 2009 after completing sea trials.

Once fully loaded, the ship can operate independently in high seas for up to 45 days.

Primarily designed for amphibious assault operations, INS Airavat has the capacity to carry 500 soldiers and can provide stern refuelling for other naval vessels.

It is equipped with a fully-functioning hospital on-board and has made significant contributions in Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief (HADR) during natural disasters like tsunamis and cyclones.



Read more at: Another blow to Navy, INS Airavat suffers damages : India, News - India Today

The idiots even mixed up the class. INS Airavat is Shradul class not Magar class.

Not again ..

China,US and russia have bigger navies than India but we never see news about their grounded and drowned ships every other month...I think women in pakistan can drive cars on roads better than indian naval officers who find it difficult to manoeuvre ships in sea where there even no road.

Not again ..

China,US and russia have bigger navies than India but we never see news about their grounded and drowned ships every other month...I think women in pakistan can drive cars on roads better than indian naval officers who find it difficult to manoeuvre ships in sea where there even no road.

Sure can your F 22P still sail. Last I heard the bugger had it's bow crumpled.

 

[chauvunist]

 

[cirr]

This is getting extremely funny。

Hilarious is the word。

One might bet his house on the possibility that the IN will run into at least 10 similar accidents in the rest of 2014.

Let the count begin！

 

[hurt]

bald headed trolls don't even know whats a LST does....

@Oscar @Aeronaut @WebMaster

may we delete the so called "trolls' replies" from this thread????

Navy sacks INS Airavat captain after warship mishap - The Times of India


NEW DELHI: The Navy has stripped yet another captain of his command of a frontline warship, INS Airavat, which ran slightly aground while returning to its home base at Vizag last week. Though the inquiry into the circumstances behind the huge amphibious battleship's mishap is yet to kick off, its captain J P S Virk has been given marching orders, sources said.

This is the second time when a warship's commanding officer has been sacked in quick succession. Earlier, Captain Gopal Suri, who was commanding INS Talwar, was removed after the Russian-origin stealth frigate rammed a fishing vessel off Ratnagiri on December 23.

A third captain, Deepak Bisht, was also relieved after his guided-missile frigate INS Betwa developed a hairline crack in the protected dome around its sonar while returning to Mumbai after a patrol last month. The Navy, however, stresses that Captain Bisht was "routinely transferred after completing his tenure".

The force is having a bad run since its Kilo-class submarine INS Sindhurakshak sank after a series of internal explosions at the Mumbai naval dockyard, killing three officers and 15 sailors on August 14. Seven more warship mishaps have been reported since then, some minor but at least a couple of them "serious" ones.

"Only the INS Sindhurakshak, INS Talwar and INS Airavat incidents are serious. The rest are minor, or even non-incidents, but have received a lot of negative publicity. The Navy operates over 130 warships, and minor incidents do take place in operational deployments," said a senior officer.

"Warship captains need to be decisive, with a certain audacity to take risks to win battles. But the lack of support from the higher-ups, including the defence ministry, is fast breeding a generation of timid captains who want to play safe all the time. A fear psychosis is sapping the morale of the force," he added.

There is a contrary view both in the Navy and outside, with defence minister A K Antony publically holding that the hugely costly warships and submarines were "national resources" and the force should take utmost care to ensure they are not wasted or "frittered away".

As for INS Airavat, the latest of the new amphibious battleships called "landing ship tank (large)" inducted in 2009, the board of inquiry (BoI) is yet to kick off. But initial investigations indicate it was a case of "navigational error" that led the 5,600-tonne warship -- designed to carry a dozen tanks and 500 combat-ready troops -- to scrape the seabed.

"One of the two propellers has been damaged. It will be repaired after INS Airavat is dry-docked. The Vizag channel is narrow, only around 100-metre wide, and has to be carefully negotiated by such a large warship, which is 124-metre long. INS Airavat strayed off course in what seems to be a human error and miscalculation," said another officer.

 

[OrionHunter]

This is probably going to turn into a troll thread. So I'll make some points to try and nip this in the bud.

1) The IN is expanding and is one of the largest navies in the world so minor incidents will occur from time to time- as they do with every navy.

2) look at what these LSTs do:

They are effectively running aground as a routine exercise. These sort of incidents, thus, go hand in hand with their operations.

3) the Indian media loves to be overly dramatic ann sensational so they'll spin entirely unrelated events and see patterns where none exist- as the last few lines of this article demonstrate.

Not only that. The navy is expanding at a much faster clip than ports. There are enormous space constraints. Expansion of berthing facilities and widening the narrow channels especially at Vizag, should also have been done at the same rate but very little is being done on this score.

Another problem is the lack of dredging at ports resulting in enormous silting and thus the danger of ships getting 'grounded'.

 

[帅的一匹]

Not only that. The navy is expanding at a much faster clip than ports. There are enormous space constraints. Expansion of berthing facilities and widening the narrow channels especially at Vizag, should also have been done at the same rate but very little is being done on this score.

Another problem is the lack of dredging at ports resulting in enormous silting and thus the danger of ships getting 'grounded'.

Why these incident happens like you can't dredge the silting near the port? Amateur or negligence ?

 

[OrionHunter]

Why these incident happens like you can't dredge the silting near the port? Amateur or negligence ?

Lack of planning and foresight!