Ships Decommissioned

INS Magar, the oldest landing ship of the Indian Navy was decommissioned on Saturday after a prestigious service to the country for 36 years.

The Indian Navy on Friday decommissioned its two ships, INS Akshay and INS Nishank, after 32 years of service, including participation in Operation Talwar and Operation Parakram.

Decommissioned Indian naval ship (INS) Khukri will be handed over to the Diu administration on Wednesday so that it can be developed as a full-scale museum, the Indian Navy has said.

Indian Navy's hydrographic survey ship Sandhayak would be decommissioned on Friday after serving the nation for 40 years, an official statement said on Thursday.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered status quo on the dismantling of decommissioned aircraft carrier "Viraat", but a Gujarat-based ship-breaker who has purchased it said it is now too late for any restoration effort.

The dismantling of the Navy's former flagship, Viraat, has been kept on hold by the Supreme Court, which also issued notice to the company that bought the ship from the government to be made into scrap. The Supreme Court's order comes on a petition by a group that offered to buy the decommissioned carrier for Rs 100 crore and convert it into a muse...

New images accessed by NDTV indicate that the Viraat, the decommissioned Indian Navy carrier, has already been partially dismantled despite plans to convert her into a maritime museum.

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked the Union government to decide on a private firm's request that decommissioned aircraft carrier Viraat be handed over to it, so that the ship could be converted into a museum.

In a video released by the Indian Navy, an old, decommissioned guided missile frigate of the Godavari class has been sunk by an anti-ship missile fired by INS Prabal, a corvette.

Two months after the Navy decommissioned INS Ganga, an indigenous guided-missile frigate, the government of Maharashtra has officially written to the Navy Chief, Admiral Karambir Singh, asking for permission to sink the ship off the coast of Sindhudurg to convert it into an artificial reef for divers, a move which could generate thousands of jobs i...

Indian Naval Ships Karwar and Kakinada were decommissioned yesterday with Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba attending as the chief guest for the ceremony. Lanba had served as the second commanding officer of INS Kakinada.

A week after Navy Chief Admiral Lanba said the ex-flag ship of the Indian Navy, Viraat, will be sold for scrap within four months, NDTV has learned that the Maharashtra government has a Plan B. Sources say the state is interested in acquiring the aircraft carrier and sinking her to form an "underwater memorial" off the Sindhudurg coast, 500 kms sou...

Indian Navy's oldest warship INS Viraat retired today after nearly six decades in service. Amid various proposals for the ship's future after retirement is to sink it and convert it into a major tourist attraction for divers, Navy Chief Sunil Lanba told NDTV on Monday.

Two Indian Naval Ships 'Veer' and 'Nipat' were decommissioned at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai last evening.

Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos, with a strike-range of over 290 kilometres, was today test-fired from the navy's newest stealth destroyer INS Kochi successfully hitting a decommissioned target ship in the Arabian Sea.

INS Magar, the oldest landing ship of the Indian Navy was decommissioned on Saturday after a prestigious service to the country for 36 years.

The Indian Navy on Friday decommissioned its two ships, INS Akshay and INS Nishank, after 32 years of service, including participation in Operation Talwar and Operation Parakram.

Decommissioned Indian naval ship (INS) Khukri will be handed over to the Diu administration on Wednesday so that it can be developed as a full-scale museum, the Indian Navy has said.

Indian Navy's hydrographic survey ship Sandhayak would be decommissioned on Friday after serving the nation for 40 years, an official statement said on Thursday.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered status quo on the dismantling of decommissioned aircraft carrier "Viraat", but a Gujarat-based ship-breaker who has purchased it said it is now too late for any restoration effort.

The dismantling of the Navy's former flagship, Viraat, has been kept on hold by the Supreme Court, which also issued notice to the company that bought the ship from the government to be made into scrap. The Supreme Court's order comes on a petition by a group that offered to buy the decommissioned carrier for Rs 100 crore and convert it into a muse...

New images accessed by NDTV indicate that the Viraat, the decommissioned Indian Navy carrier, has already been partially dismantled despite plans to convert her into a maritime museum.

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked the Union government to decide on a private firm's request that decommissioned aircraft carrier Viraat be handed over to it, so that the ship could be converted into a museum.

In a video released by the Indian Navy, an old, decommissioned guided missile frigate of the Godavari class has been sunk by an anti-ship missile fired by INS Prabal, a corvette.

Two months after the Navy decommissioned INS Ganga, an indigenous guided-missile frigate, the government of Maharashtra has officially written to the Navy Chief, Admiral Karambir Singh, asking for permission to sink the ship off the coast of Sindhudurg to convert it into an artificial reef for divers, a move which could generate thousands of jobs i...

Indian Naval Ships Karwar and Kakinada were decommissioned yesterday with Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba attending as the chief guest for the ceremony. Lanba had served as the second commanding officer of INS Kakinada.

A week after Navy Chief Admiral Lanba said the ex-flag ship of the Indian Navy, Viraat, will be sold for scrap within four months, NDTV has learned that the Maharashtra government has a Plan B. Sources say the state is interested in acquiring the aircraft carrier and sinking her to form an "underwater memorial" off the Sindhudurg coast, 500 kms sou...

Indian Navy's oldest warship INS Viraat retired today after nearly six decades in service. Amid various proposals for the ship's future after retirement is to sink it and convert it into a major tourist attraction for divers, Navy Chief Sunil Lanba told NDTV on Monday.

Two Indian Naval Ships 'Veer' and 'Nipat' were decommissioned at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai last evening.

Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos, with a strike-range of over 290 kilometres, was today test-fired from the navy's newest stealth destroyer INS Kochi successfully hitting a decommissioned target ship in the Arabian Sea.