A Defense Ministry release said that no major damage was reported. (Representative)
New Delhi:
Three sailors who were injured in the blast aboard the Indian Navy’s destroyer ship INS Ranvir, died. “In an unfortunate incident at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, an explosion in an interior compartment of INS Ranvir resulted in the death of three Navy personnel,” a Defense Ministry release said. It said that no major damage has been reported.
Sources said that the blast took place around 4.30 pm and it had nothing to do with the explosion of arms or ammunition. A Board of Inquiry has been ordered to investigate the reasons.
“The ship’s crew responded quickly and brought the situation under control immediately,” the release said.
INS Ranvir was on cross-coast operational deployment from the Eastern Naval Command since November 2021 and was scheduled to return to the base port soon.
INS Ranvir, the first destroyer of the Ranvir class, was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 21 April 1986. The ships were built in the former Soviet Union. The role of Ranvir class ships includes anti-aircraft and anti-submarine warfare defenses for carrier task force defense against submarines, low-flying aircraft and cruise missiles.
The current Navy Chief Admiral R Harikumar has commanded the ship earlier in his career.
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