INS Ranvijay
INS Ranvijay during Exercise Malabar 2012
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History | |
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Name | Ranvijay |
Builder | 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant |
Commissioned | 21 December 1987 |
Homeport | Visakhapatnam |
Identification | Pennant number: D55 |
Motto | Sangrame Vaibhavasya (Glorious in War) |
Status | in active service |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Rajput-class destroyer |
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Length | 147 m (482 ft) |
Beam | 16 m (52 ft) |
Draught | 5 m (16 ft) |
Propulsion | 4 x gas turbine engines; 2 shafts, 72,000 hp (54,000 kW) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
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Complement | 320 (including 35 officers) |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Ka-28 helicopter |
INS Ranvijay (Victor in Battle) is a Rajput-class destroyer in active service with the Indian Navy. Ranvijay was commissioned on 21 December 1987.[3]
Service history
[edit]She has won the prestigious Cock Trophy in the annual Western Fleet whaler boat regatta held at the Naval Dockyard on 7 January 2006.[4]
Ranvijay participated in the multinational Malabar Naval Exercise between Australia, India, Singapore, Japan and United States in the Bay of Bengal in the years 2011-2015 and 2020-2021.
In July 2014, Ranvijay, accompanied by the stealth frigate Shivalik and fleet tanker Shakti, took part in the INDRA War Games, a naval and army counter-terrorism exercise with Russia.
In November 2016, Ranvijay, accompanied by the corvette INS Kamorta, took part in the SIMBEX War Games, a naval exercise with Singapore Navy which bought the RSN’s stealth frigate, RSS Formidable.[5]
On 23 October 2021, Ranvijay caught fire at the Visakhapatnam Naval Base. Four of her crew were hospitalised.[6]
Awards and recognition
[edit]Ranvijay received the best ship of the Eastern Fleet Trophy for the year 2006–07 and 2011–12.
Gallery
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Commander C.S. Patham and Captain Ajithkumar J Varma
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Ranvijay during Exercise Malabar 2007
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Ranvijay with sailors on deck in blue uniform
References
[edit]- ^ "Surface Ships -- Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
- ^ Friedman, Norman (2006). The Naval Institute guide to world naval weapon systems (5th ed.). Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute. p. 243. ISBN 1557502625.
- ^ "Navy vessel INS Ranvijay completes 37 years". www.deccanchronicle.com. 21 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ^ "INS Ranvijay triumphs". The Hindu. 8 January 2006. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- ^ naval-technology.com
- ^ Voychenco, Mikhail. "Indian Navy destroyer fire, 4 hospitalized". Fleetmon. Retrieved 24 October 2021.