INS ''Ranvir'' is the fourth of the five s built for the
Indian Navy
The Indian Navy is the maritime branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy. As a blue-water navy, it operates sig ...
. ''Ranvir'' was
commissioned on 28 October 1986.
Service history
2008
INS ''Ranvir'' along with were anchored just outside Sri Lankan territorial waters to provide security for the Indian Prime Minister
Dr Manmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh (; born 26 September 1932) is an Indian politician, economist and statesman who served as the 13th prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He is also the third longest-serving prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru and Ind ...
, and other high-ranking officials at the 15th
SAARC
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summit.
2015
On 22–26 May 2015, INS ''Ranvir'' with visited
Singapore
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. On 31 May - 4 June 2015, INS ''Ranvir'' with INS ''Shakti'' made a port call at
Jakarta
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,
Indonesia
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. She was commanded by Captain Jaswinder Singh.
2022
On 18 January 2022, there was an explosion in an internal compartment of the ship at the naval dockyard in Mumbai, resulting in three deaths and eleven injuries. Minor structural damage was also reported.
The blast was attributed to Freon gas leak in the AC compartment. Krishan Kumar MCPO I, Surinder Kumar MCPO II and A.K. Singh MCPO II were killed in the incident.
References
External links
''Rajput'' (''Kashin II'' class)at
Bharat Rakshak
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History
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.
Rajput-class destroyers
Ships built in the Soviet Union
1983 ships
Destroyers of India
Destroyers of the Cold War
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