‘Water ingress’ incident on Navy vessel, no casualties reported

Times of IndiaIndependentCenterOct 31

The Indian Navy confirmed that water entered INS Kesari, a Shardul-class tank landing ship, while it was docked at the Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam. In an official statement, the Navy reported that there were no casualties resulting from the incident. Dewatering operations are currently underway to remove the water from the vessel. INS Kesari was commissioned in 2008 and has a displacement of 5,650 tonnes. The ship previously participated in Mission Sagar in 2020, delivering relief materials to several nations in the southern Indian Ocean.

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Business StandardIndependent🔒CenterOct 31

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