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Government of India
Ministry of Defence
02-December-2014 16:30 IST
Frequent Incidents of Mishap in Indian Navy

Indian Naval Torpedo Recovery Vessel (TRV A 72) sank off Visakhapatnam on 6th November 2014.  The ship had sailed for a routine mission and while returning she reported flooding in her steering gear compartment at about 1830 hrs on 6th November 2014.  Eastern Fleet ships exercising in the vicinity immediately rendered necessary assistance.  However, the ship sank at about 1930hrs due to uncontrolled flooding 35 nautical miles south of Visakhapatnam.  A Board of Inquiry (BoI) has been instituted to investigate the causes related to the accident.

 

24 accidents involving Indian Navy ships and submarines have been reported during the last three years.  The details of these accidents is as under.  BoI are instituted in all cases.

 

Sl. No.

Date

Incident

  1.

20.01.2011

Collision of J3 sailing Boat with INS Kalpeni.

  2.

30.01.2011

Collision between MV Nordlake and INS Vindhyagiri.

  3.

30.05.2011

Fire in Galley onboard INS Deepak.

  4.

11.03.2012

Fire on board LCU L 38.

  5.

08.10.2012

Fire in engine room – INFAC 83.

  6.

19.12.2012

Fire in AFT battery pit onboard INS Shankush.

  7.

14.07.2013

Fire onboard INS Tarasa.

  8.

26.07.2013

Damage to Stbd Helo hangar and other fittings of INS Delhi by Yard 12701 (Kolkata).

  9.

14.08.2013

Explosion in INS Sindhurakshak

10.

22.09.2013

Fire onboard INS Viraat.

11.

04.12.2013

Fire onboard INS Konkan.

12.

19.12.2013

Scraping of INS Tarkash shipside on SBW Knuckle.

13.

23.12.2013

Collision of INS Talwar with Unlit fishing boat.

14.

08.01.2014

Crack on sonar dome of INS Betwa.

15.

17.01.2014

Suspended movement of INS Singhghosh while securing to alongside berth.

16.

23.01.2014

Sea water ingress into tiller flat through a crack / hole in Ship side of INS Vipul.

17.

30.01.2014

Damage to Port propeller of INS Airavat whilst entering Harbour.

18.

26.02.2014

Incident of fire in third compartment and death of two officers onboard INS Sindhuratna.

19.

07.03.2014

Accident onboard Yard 1270 (Kolkata) under construction at MDL while carrying out trials of Engine Room firefighting system.

20.

06.04.2014

Incident of Smouldering and thick smoke in Armoury during Hot Work of INS Matanga.

21.

28.06.2014

Damage to port propeller of INS Kuthar while coming alongside at Port Blair.

22.

02.07.2014

Touching bottom of INS Cheetah while entering Kochi Harbour.

23.

31.10.2014

Collision of INS Kora with MV Madeleine Rickmers at Sea.

24.

06.11.2014

Sinking of TRV-72.

 

This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar in a written reply to Shri CM Ramesh in Rajya Sabha today.

 

DM/HH/RAJ