INS Ranvir | |
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Name | Ranvir |
Builder | 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant |
Launched | 12 March 1983 |
Commissioned | 28 October 1986 |
Homeport | Visakhapatnam |
Identification | Pennant number: D54 |
Status | in active service |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Rajput-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 147 m (482 ft) |
Beam | 15.8 m (52 ft) |
Draught | 5 m (16 ft) |
Propulsion | 4 × gas turbine engines; 2 shafts, 72,000 hp (54,000 kW) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
Range |
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Complement | 320 (including 35 officers) |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Ka-28 helicopter |
INS Ranvir (Hero of the Battle) [2] is the fourth of the five Rajput-class destroyers built for the Indian Navy. Ranvir was commissioned on 28 October 1986.
INS Ranvir along with INS Mysore were anchored just outside Sri Lankan territorial waters to provide security for the Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, and other high-ranking officials at the 15th SAARC summit. [3]
On 22–26 May 2015, INS Ranvir with INS Shakti visited Singapore. [4] On 31 May - 4 June 2015, INS Ranvir with INS Shakti made a port call at Jakarta, Indonesia. She was commanded by Captain Jaswinder Singh. [5]
On 18 January 2022, there was an explosion in an internal compartment of the ship at the naval dockyard in Mumbai, resulting in three deaths and eleven injuries. Minor structural damage was also reported. [6] [7] [8] The blast was attributed to Freon gas leak in the AC compartment. [9] Krishan Kumar MCPO I, Surinder Kumar MCPO II and A.K. Singh MCPO II were killed in the incident. [10]
INS Ranvir reached Chattogram, Bangladesh as a part of Operational Deployment on 29 June 2024. After the completion of the harbour phase, the ship will participate in a Maritime Partnership Exercise with the Bangladesh Navy. [11]
INS Ranvir was featured in Bollywood film Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyo starring Amitabh Bachan and Bobby Deol who played the role of Commanding Officer onboard INS Ranvir. Kora Class Corvetttes INS Kirch(P62) and INS Kulish(P63) were also featured alongside it.
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