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Komal gupta

25/01/22 08:40 AM IST

Source: PIB

INS Khukri

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The decommissioned naval ship INS Khukri was handed over to the Diu administration so that it can be transformed into a full-scale museum. 

INS Khukri

  • This missile corvette was decommissioned after 32 years of service and it had been a part of the western and eastern fleets. 
  • It was built by the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, according to the Indian Navy.
  • This missile corvette was commanded by 28 commanding officers and travelled over 6,44,897 nautical miles. 
  • The museum will be located in the same location as the existing Khukri Memorial where the scaled-down version of the first INS Khukri (F 149) was placed. The F 149 was a blackwood class anti-submarine frigate. 
  • The first INS Khukri was lost during the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971 off the coast of Diu. 
  • It is the second INS Khukri that was recently handed over to the Diu administration for revamping the Khukri Memorial.

 

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