Indian Navy's 5 Daring Rescues


The Indian Navy's warships are guarding the seas after a string of recent attacks on ships

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Here are five times the Indian Navy fearlessly rescued ships in peril

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On Jan 5, Indian Navy received a distress call from merchant ship MV Lila Norfolk after it was hijacked near the coast of Somalia

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Warship INS Chennai, helicopters and Predator MQ9B drones were deployed. All 21 crew members, including Indians, were rescued

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Indian Navy's INS Visakhapatnam responded to an SOS call on Jan 17 by cargo vessel under attack by drones in the Gulf of Aden

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The Navy extinguished a massive blaze onboard a merchant vessel on Jan 3 after it was struck by a missile in the Gulf of Aden

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INS Visakhapatnam responded to a distress call and rescued 22 Indians and one Bangladeshi onboard

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Navy warship INS Sumitra rescued 19 Pakistani sailors after pirates hijacked their fishing vessel off the east coast of Somalia on Jan 29

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This was the second anti-piracy operation carried out by the warship within 36 hours

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The rescue came a day after it responded to an SOS call by Iranian vessel, FV Iman, which was also hijacked by Somali pirates

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