- Sputnik International
Asia
Find top stories and features from Asia and the Pacific region. Keep updated on major political stories and analyses from Asia and the Pacific. All you want to know about China, Japan, North and South Korea, India and Pakistan, Southeast Asia and Oceania.

Indian Navy Saves Its Massively Damaged Guided Missile Frigate Betwa

© AFP 2023 / INDRANIL MUKHERJEEIndia Navy's battleship INS Betwa (File)
India Navy's battleship INS Betwa (File) - Sputnik International
Subscribe
India's Ministry of Defense document shows that more than two dozen accidents have been reported involving naval warships and submarines since 2011.

New Delhi (Sputnik) — India has saved its most spirited ship that tipped over at a Mumbai dockyard last December. Defense sources say that INS Betwa, a guided missile frigate, is back on even keel. The Indian Navy hopes that the ship will be operational by 2018. The Indian Navy has spent approximately three million dollar in the process. Winner of the Indian Navy's "most spirited ship" award for the year 2016 had tipped over on December 5 during undocking evolution and it was suspected that the dock-block mechanism had failed. The accident had left two sailors dead and 14 injured.

"The ship was made upright on Tuesday night and is now floating on even keel. The condition is good. There is some water inside which is being pumped out," Navy Spokesperson Capt DK Sharma said. The ship would now be moved to a nearby dock either Hughes or Duncan.

India is due to test the air-launched version of the supersonic Russian-Indian BrahMos cruise missile in the next three months, according to the Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta - Sputnik International
Supersonic BrahMos Russian-Indian Missile Upgraded to Be Launched From Fighters
US-based Resolve Marine Group had been contracted by the Indian Navy to bring the ship to level position as it lacked crane big enough to lift the big ship. Resolve Marine Group had also salvaged the Indian Navy submarine Sindhurakshak that sank in the Mumbai Naval Dockyard on August 14, 2013. However, the submarine has not been able to perform its operations at full capability till date.

The 126.5-meter highly-prized 3,850-ton guided missile frigate Betwa had been commissioned in 2004. INS Betwa can sail with a speed of 27 knots and is armed with anti-ship and surface-to-air missiles and torpedoes.

© AP Photo / Bikas DasIndia Navy officers stand on the deck of INS Betwa in Calcutta, India, in July 2004.
India Navy officers stand on the deck of INS Betwa in Calcutta, India, in July 2004. - Sputnik International
India Navy officers stand on the deck of INS Betwa in Calcutta, India, in July 2004.
Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала