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INS. Khukri. (F149) For other ships with the same name, see INS Khukri. INS Khukri was a Type 14 (Blackwood -class) frigate of the Indian Navy. She was sunk off the coast of Diu, Gujarat, India by the Pakistan Navy Daphné -class submarine Hangor on 9 December 1971 during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. It was the first warship sunk in action ...
The Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971 refers to the maritime military engagements between the Indian Navy and the Pakistan Navy during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.The series of naval operations began with the Indian Navy's exertion of pressure on Pakistan from the Indian Ocean, while the Indian Army and Indian Air Force moved in to choke Pakistani forces operating in East Pakistan on land.
Captain. Commands. INS Khukri. Battles/wars. Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Awards. Maha Vir Chakra (posthumous) Captain Mahendra Nath Mulla, MVC (15 May 1926 – 9 December 1971) was an officer of the Indian Navy. As the commanding officer of INS Khukri, he chose to go down with his ship when his ship was sunk during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
The first indication of Ghazi ' s fate came when a message from the Indian NHQ, claiming sinking of Ghazi on the night of 3 December, was intercepted. [53] The Indian NHQ issued the statement a few hours before the loss of INS Khukri, and prior to launch of second missile attack on Karachi port. [53]
Operation Trident (1971) Arabian Sea, 14–17 nautical miles (26–31 km; 16–20 mi) south of the Port of Karachi, Pakistan. Strategic Indian naval victory and partial naval blockade on Pakistan. Operation Trident was an offensive operation launched by the Indian Navy on Pakistan's port city of Karachi during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
HMIS Kukri was a River-class frigate of the Royal Indian Navy, launched in 1942 as HMS Trent she was transferred to India and renamed Kukri in 1946. Subsequently became INS Khukri and on conversion into a surveying ship in 1951 renamed Investigator. She was scrapped in 1975. INS Khukri (F149) was a Type 14, Blackwood -class frigate commissioned ...
Vice Admiral Ahmad Tasnim HI (M) SJ & Bar [note 1] SI (M) SBt (Urdu: احمد تسنيم; born 1935) is a retired three-star rank admiral of the Pakistan Navy who is known for his command of Hangor, a submarine that sank INS Khukri on 8 December 1971 during Pakistan's third war with India, off the coast of Diu, Gujarat. [3][4]
An Indian frigate, INS Khukri was sunk by submarine PNS Hangor. On the eastern front, the submarine PNS Ghazi was sunk outside Vishakhapatnam harbour. Indian naval aircraft, Sea Hawks and Alizés, from the aircraft carrier INS Vikrant were instrumental in sinking many gunboats and merchant navy vessels in the Bay of Bengal.