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INS Khukri (F149) INS. Khukri. (F149) 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 by a submarine since World War II.
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.
On 9 December 1971, Hangor sank INS Khukri, inflicting 194 Indian casualties, and this attack was the first submarine kill since World War II. [115]: 229 [116] The sinking of INS Khukri was followed by another Indian attack on the port of Karachi on the night of 8/9 December 1971 under the codename Python.
December 9, 1971: Captain Mahendra Nath Mulla, MVC, the captain of the Indian frigate INS Khukri, went down with the ship after it was attacked by a submarine in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. At least 194 members of the crew died in the sinking, which reportedly took two minutes.
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.
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]
INS Khukri (F149) was a Type 14, Blackwood -class frigate commissioned in 1958, which served in the Portuguese-Indian War and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. During the War of 1971, the Indian frigate was sunk by the Pakistan Navy submarine Hangor. This was the first warship sunk by a submarine since World War II.