[Defence] Indian Naval Ship Accidents

Indian Defence – Naval Ships

This article contains the details of Indian Naval Ships that went accidents

 Synopsis:

(01) Introduction

(02) Resignation of Naval Chief

(03) Accidents from 2000 – 2010

(04) Accidents from 2010 – present

  

(01) Introduction:

·        The accidents in the Indian Naval Ships are common now.

·        As per the Hindustan Times, while some of accidents reported since August 2013 were serious, many of them were trivial incidents exaggerated in public.

·        These accidents have been attributed to ageing ships in need of maintenance, delayed acquisitions by the Ministry of Defence, and human error

·        However naval commentators also argue that as India's large navy of 160 ships clocks around 12,000 ship-days at sea every year, in varied waters and weather, some incidents are inevitable.

(02) Resignation of Naval Chief:

·        The accident on board INS Sindhuratna (S59) led to the resignation of the then Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral D K Joshi on 26 February 2014, who owned moral responsibility.

  

 (03) Accidents from 2000 - 2010:

#	Year	Ship	Area	What happened	Casualties
01	Dec 2005	INS Trishul	Mumbai	Collided with a commercial vessel Ambuja Laxmi	No casualties reported
02	Apr 2006	INS Prahar	Goa coast	Sank after colliding with MV Rajiv Gandhi Vessel	* No Casualities reported * The commanding officer of the ship, Lt Commander Yogesh Tripathi was found guilty of negligence by an Indian Navy court-martial and dismissed from service.
03	Sep 2006	INS Dunagiri	Mumbai	Collided with a ship MV Kiti	No casualties INS Dunagiri suffered severe damage
04	Jan 2008	INS Sindhughosh	Mumbai	Collided with MV Leeds Castle	No casualties reported
05	Aug 2009	INS Kuthar	Bay of Bengal	Collision of INS Kuthar and INS Ranvir	----

(04) Accident from 2010 – present:

#	Year	Ship	Area	What happened	Casualties
01	2010	INS Mumbai	Mumbai	Internal failure	3 dead
02	2011	INS Vindhyagiri	Mumbai	Collision with Cyprus flagged merchant vessel	* No casualties * Ship decommissioned
03	Aug 2013	INS Sindhurakshak	Mumbai	Fire broke out	18 dead
04	Dec 2013	INS Konkan	Visakhapatnam	Fire broke out	No casualties
05	Dec 2013	INS Talwar	Mumbai	Collided with a fishing trawler	No casualties
06	Dec 2013	INS Tarkash	Mumbai	Internal failure	No casualties
07	Jan 2014	INS Betwa	Mumbai	Sonar system cracked	No casualties
08	Feb 2014	INS Sindhuratna	Mumbai	Fire broke out	2 dead
09	Mar 2014	INS Kolkata	Kolkata	Gas leak out	1 dead
10	May 2014	INS Ganga	Mumbai	Minor explosion	No casualties

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