INS ''Ranvijay'' is a in active service with the

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. ''Ranvijay'' was commissioned on 15 Jan 1988.

Service history

She has won the prestigious Cock Trophy in the annual Western Fleet whaler boat regatta held at the Naval Dockyard on 7 January 2006. ''Ranvijay'' participated in the multinational Malabar Naval Exercise between

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and

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in the

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. In July 2014 ''Ranjivay'', accompanied by the stealth

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and fleet tanker took part in the INDRA War Games, a naval and army counter-terrorism exercise with

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. In November 2016 ''Ranjivay'', accompanied by the

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took part in the

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War Games, a naval exercise with

Navy which bought the RSN’s stealth frigate, RSS Formidable.naval-technology.com
/ref> On 23 October 2021, ''Ranvijay'' caught fire at the Visakhapatnam Naval Base, in eastern Bengal. Four of her crew were hospitalised.

Awards and recognition

''Ranvijay'' received the best ship of the Eastern Fleet Trophy for the year 2006–07 and 2011–12.

Gallery

File:Comm.C.S. Patham and Capt. Ajith.jpg, Commander C.S. Patham and Captain Ajithkumar J Varma File:INS Ranvijay Malabar 07.jpg, ''Ranvijay'' during Exercise Malabar 2007 File:INS_Ranvijay_(D55).jpg, ''Ranvijay'' with sailors on deck in blue uniform

References

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