Worst-ever peacetime loss for Navy, frigate sinks after collision off Mumbai...

[shanixee]

Worst-ever peacetime loss for Navy, frigate sinks after collision off Mumbai...


In the worst ever peacetime loss for the Indian Navy, the heavily armed frigate INS Vindhyagiri went down in the Mumbai harbour after colliding with a merchant vessel. The 3,000 tonne warship, designed to take on enemy submarines and surface ships, sank Monday afternoon after catching fire after the collision with a Cyprus-flag container carrier, M V Nordlake 24 hours earlier.



The loss of the frigate — sources said a salvage would be difficult as the warship has touched bottom — sent shock waves through the naval community. Commentators said the incident was “ignominious” and had dented the Navy’s image.



The Leander class frigate, commissioned in 1981, hit the merchant vessel near the Sunkrock lighthouse within the pilotage area of the channel at 4.36 pm on Sunday, as it was entering the harbour after a ‘day at sea’ for families of sailors and officers. No one was hurt in the mishap

Worst-ever peacetime loss for Navy, frigate sinks after collision off Mumbai

 

[KS]

Not a big deal considering that it was to be decommisioned in a couple of months time and all the missiles on board have been salvaged safely.

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Not a big deal considering that it was to be decommisioned in a couple of months time and all the missiles on board have been salvaged safely.

INS Vindhyagiri was a Leander class frigate and had no missile armament. While there was a heli-deck and hangar, no helicopter was on board either.

 

[satishkumarcsc]

It was family day..and so all weapons would have already been taken out.

 

[Awesome]

The article does say "heavily armed frigate"

 

[EastWest]

true..the loss will not be extreme as compared to a new ship getting sunk or destroyed..

But this is still a grave incident and one which needs to be addressed by our naval and strategic analysts..

how did a merchant vessel collide with a warship.? and where were the officers in the naval ship - when the merchant ship was approaching the warship..? ships are not cars..which can hit each other in one flash of eye..alarms bells should have gone up as ship came near to each other...

and we should speed up the construction of the karwar naval base which will reduce the load on mumbai port

 

[Frank Martin]

The article does say "heavily armed frigate"

Armament:
2 x MK.6 Vickers 115mm guns
4 x AK-230 30mm guns
2 x Oerlikon 20mm guns
2 x triple ILAS 3 324 mm torpedo
tubes with Whitehead A244S or
the Indian NST-58 torpedoes

 

[my name is arya]

not good thing for our navy

navy should take steps so that it will not happen in future

 

[tallboy123]

well,that's a old ship..
Don't worry,
MOD has to replace that ship with a modern one and with more lethal weapon...

 

[tallboy123]

Mumbai port is loaded with merchant vessels..
navy should build their own Navy base near mumbai coast line...

 

[GOD OF WAR]

Not a big deal considering that it was to be decommisioned in a couple of months time and all the missiles on board have been salvaged safely.

NOT A BIG DEAL????

Intahaa hogaey! mighty Indain NAVY really is showing of its training, administrative skills . How can on equivocte such a mess!!

Look closely, u might find evidence that ISI trained the merchant navy sailors

 

[nomi007]

what is the cause of collapse.
i m sure Pakistan is not involved in this incident

 

[KS]

INS Vindhyagiri was a Leander class frigate and had no missile armament. While there was a heli-deck and hangar, no helicopter was on board either.

I read in one of the many threads quoting a naval officer saying - the missiles have been retrieved sucessfully, but the gun was unable to taken in time.

Or may be a journalistic error confusing torpedoes for missiles.

EDIT: http://www.defence.pk/forums/india-defence/91307-ins-vindhyagiri-fire-post-collision-many-feared-stuck.html#post1453127

My bad ! it was posted by other member.

 

[GOD OF WAR]

Worst-ever peacetime loss for Navy, frigate sinks after collision off Mumbai...


In the worst ever peacetime loss for the Indian Navy, the heavily armed frigate INS Vindhyagiri went down in the Mumbai harbour after colliding with a merchant vessel. The 3,000 tonne warship, designed to take on enemy submarines and surface ships, sank Monday afternoon after catching fire after the collision with a Cyprus-flag container carrier, M V Nordlake 24 hours earlier.



The loss of the frigate — sources said a salvage would be difficult as the warship has touched bottom — sent shock waves through the naval community. Commentators said the incident was “ignominious” and had dented the Navy’s image.



The Leander class frigate, commissioned in 1981, hit the merchant vessel near the Sunkrock lighthouse within the pilotage area of the channel at 4.36 pm on Sunday, as it was entering the harbour after a ‘day at sea’ for families of sailors and officers. No one was hurt in the mishap

Worst-ever peacetime loss for Navy, frigate sinks after collision off Mumbai

just the vocab i was looking for! btw, seems like the collision was made by the Naval Negligence. Train ur frogs properly yaar

 

[Mani2020]

true..the loss will not be extreme as compared to a new ship getting sunk or destroyed..

But this is still a grave incident and one which needs to be addressed by our naval and strategic analysts..

how did a merchant vessel collide with a warship.? and where were the officers in the naval ship - when the merchant ship was approaching the warship..? ships are not cars..which can hit each other in one flash of eye..alarms bells should have gone up as ship came near to each other...

and we should speed up the construction of the karwar naval base which will reduce the load on mumbai port

You hit the nail, same question was in my mind but i never posted it here because of a possible troll attack that could possibly have derail the thread ,but nice that someone has wisdom and can work with logic rather then blind ego stuff