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Navy patrol boat sank off Chennai coast

Naval boat sinks off Chennai coast due to fire, no casualties - IBNLive

Chennai: An interceptor craft of the Indian Navy sank off Chennai due to a fire on board in the wee hours on Thursday but there were no casualties.

The incident happened about 90 nautical miles north east of Chennai, navy sources said.

eanwhile, an official release said a fire broke out on board the 15.6 metre-long interceptor craft while it was on routine deployment at about 2 AM.

"The fire caused extensive damage to the Fibre-glass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) hull of the craft resulting in sinking of the boat despite all out efforts by the crew to save it. There were no casualties," it said.

An inquiry has been ordered to investigate the incident, it said.

Navy officials did not provide further details, including the number of crew on board the craft.
 
@sarjenprabhu
@NIA

No , see at the report, it says 15 meters... Car Nicobar class are near 50 meters long. Plus it says fiberglass , but Car Nicobar is made of Aluminium .

It must be this
Solas_Marine_fast_interceptor_craft_T-403.jpg


We have ordered 8O such boats from Sri Lanka.
Solas Marine fast interceptor boat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
Apparently, Indian shipyards might be fully booked with orders from Navy. That's the only reason I see them been purchased from Srilanka.

Actually all these boats are being imported from Sri Lanka....not one or 2, 80 of them.Bhagwan jane aisi kya baat hai isme jo Lanka wale kar sakte par hm nahi.

@Abingdonboy @PARIKRAMA @Capt.Popeye
 
Trained sailors are the most valuable assets for the navy. It is a good thing that their lives are safe.

Accidents happens. The most important thing is that everyone is safe.
You sir are an amusing member for the India posters in this forum.:agree:

Good that sailors are safe, boat toh phir bana lenge. :police:
Nice DP(is it real??) and equally nice status.:tup:
Its like an anti-doggy and pro-doggy war is going on in the pdf.:D
 

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