INS Prahar (K98)

INS Prahar was a Veer-class corvette of the Indian Navy.[1]

History
 Indian Navy
Name: INS Prahar
Builder: Goa Shipyard Limited
Commissioned: 1 March 1997
Out of service: 22 April 2006
Identification: Pennant number: K98
Fate: Sunk in collision
General characteristics
Class and type: Veer-class corvette
Displacement: 455 tons (full load)
Length: 56 m (184 ft)
Beam: 10.5 m (34 ft)
Draught: 2.5 m (8.2 ft)
Propulsion: COGAG
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h)
Range: 1,650 mi (2,660 km)
Complement: 41 (incl 5 officers)

Operations

In October 1999, she helped the IGCS Tarabai to chase and capture a Panamanian-registered Japanese cargo ship carrying aluminum ingots, MV Alondra Rainbow, that had been hijacked by pirates off Indonesia. The operation took place off the coast of Kochi.[2]

Collision

On 21 April 2006 INS Prahar collided with the container ship MV Rajiv Gandhi, and sank off the coast of Goa. No one was injured in the accident. The commanding officer of the ship, Lieutenant Commander Yogesh Tripathi was found guilty of negligence by an Indian Navy court-martial, and dismissed from service.[3]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 November 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "INS Prahar mishap: Captain found guilty of navigational error, sacked - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com.
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