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INS Mysore was a Fiji-class light cruiser commissioned in the Indian Navy in 1957. She was acquired from the Royal Navy, where she served in World War II as HMS Nigeria. Mysore was the second cruiser to be purchased by independent India. She was commissioned into the Indian Navy in August 1957.
In November 2008, Mysore was deployed to the Gulf of Aden to replace the frigate Tabar as part of the Indian Navy's efforts to combat piracy off Somalia. [5] On 13 December 2008, Mysore captured 23 sea pirates along with arms and ammunition when the pirates were trying to capture MV Gibe, a ship sailing under the Ethiopian flag. [6] [7] [8]
The Indian Navy (IN), which is the naval warfare branch of the Indian Armed Forces, has approximately 135+ warships on active commission. [1]By forethought, the IN's Maritime Capability Perspective Plan (MCPP) for the period 2012-2027 had set the objective of the service becoming a 200-ship fleet by 2035; however, that number has since been reduced to 175 in December 2019 - principally owing ...
The following ships of the Indian Navy have been named Mysore: . INS Mysore (C60) was formerly the Crown Colony-class cruiser HMS Nigeria acquired in 1957 from the Royal Navy and stricken in 1985
renamed INS Tir post republic. K256 River class: 3 December 1945 30 September 1977 [2] scrapped Served as HMS Bann in the Royal Navy during World War II. Served as training ship in the Indian Navy. INS Khukri: F149 Blackwood Class: 16 July 1958 Sunk in action on 9 December 1971 during Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. INS Kirpan: F144 Blackwood Class ...
To commemorate this, 4 December is celebrated as the Navy Day. [16] This was followed by Operation Python on 8 December 1971, further deprecating the Pakistan Navy's capabilities. [15] In the war, The Indian frigate INS Khukri, commanded by Captain Mahendra Nath Mulla, MVC was sunk by PNS Hangor, while INS Kirpan was damaged on the west coast. [17]
In May 2005, the Indian Navy commissioned INS Kadamba at Karwar, 100 kilometres (62 mi) from Goa. [126] Built under the first phase of the Project Seabird, at first it was an exclusively Navy controlled base without sharing port facilities with commercial shipping. [127] The Indian Navy also has berthing rights in Oman and Vietnam. [128]
Ship's badge in the National Maritime Museum. Nigeria served in Home waters and off the Scandinavian coast for the early part of the war. On 28 June 1941 Nigeria, in company with the destroyers Bedouin, Tartar and Jupiter intercepted the German weather ship Lauenburg in thick fog north-east of Jan Mayen Island.