2 Navy patrol boats sink after fire

[Windjammer]

Two security boats of the Indian Navy, which are used for patrolling of Mumbai waters, today sank at the naval dockyard following a fire that broke out in one of them.

Navy sources said that there was no loss of life or collateral damage to other naval assets in the harbour and that a board of inquiry has been ordered into the incident.

The sources said the fire broke out early morning in one of the security boats.

"During the fire fighting, two boats suffered damages and ingress of water and are submerged in shallow waters inside the naval harbour area. Efforts are in progress to salvage the boats," a navy official said.

He said that the boats are small in size and are immediate support vessels.


http://www.deccanherald.com/content/558810/2-navy-patrol-boats-sink.html

 

[satishkumarcsc]

That port is overcrowded...Hope the Phase II of Karwar get completed soon.

 

[Windjammer]

That port is overcrowded...Hope the Phase II of Karwar get completed soon.

Surely overcrowding can't be the reason for a fire inside a boat. !!

 

[Delnavaz B]

Indian navy safety records quite poor and often prove suicidal few years back newly overhauled sub sunk and many other incidents also reported.
Just look at 6 years data
2010 - present[edit]

• In 2010, three crew members on destroyer INS Mumbai were instantly killed when an AK-630 Close-in weapon system went off as safety drills were not followed.[1]
• January 2011: INS Vindhyagiri, a Nilgiri-class frigate, capsized after a collision with a Cyprus-flagged merchant vessel MV Nordlake near the Sunk Rock light house, following which a major fire broke out in the ship's engine and boiler room. Everyone on board was evacuated as soon as the fire broke out and hence there were no casualties.[14] INS Vindhyagiri was later decommissioned.[15]
• August 2013: Blasts ripped through the torpedo compartment of the submarine INS Sindhurakshak while it was berthed at the naval dockyard off the Mumbai coast. Fifteen sailors and three officers were killed.[16] Other sources state that a small explosion occurred around midnight which then triggered the two larger explosions.[17] The disaster was thought to be the Indian navy's worst since the sinking of the frigate INS Khukri by a Pakistani submarine during the 1971 war.[18]
• December 2013: INS Konkan, a Pondicherry-class minesweeper under the Eastern Naval Command, caught fire at the naval dockyard at Visakhapatnam while undergoing repairs. The fire engulfed much of the ship's interior before it was extinguished. No casualties were reported.[19]
• December 2013: In the second incident in the same month, INS Talwar, the lead ship of the Talwar-class frigates of the Indian Navy, collided with a fishing trawler injuring four of the 27 people on board the trawler and sinking it. The fishing trawler was operating without lights.[20] The captain of the ship was subsequently stripped of command.[21]
• December 2013: In the third incident in the same month, INS Tarkash, again a Talwar-class frigate, suffered damage to its hull when it hit the jetty while docking at the Mumbai naval base. The navy ordered a board of inquiry.[22]
• January 2014: INS Betwa, a Brahmaputra-class guided missile frigate, ran aground and collided with an unidentified object while approaching the Mumbai naval base. The sonar system of the frigate was cracked, leading to faulty readings and an ingress of saltwater into sensitive equipment.[23]
• January 2014: In the second incident in the same month, INS Vipul, a Veer-class corvette of the elite 22nd Killer Missile Vessel Squadron, was detected with a hole in its pillar compartment which forced the ship back into the harbour while it was on an operational deployment.[24]
• February 2014: On 3 February, INS Airavat, a Shardul-class amphibious warfare vessel, ran aground while returning to its home base at Visakhapatnam, causing slight damage to its propellers. Following the incident, its commanding officer, Captain JPS Virk, was relieved of command pending the findings of a Board of Inquiry.[25]
• February 2014: On 26 February, INS Sindhuratna, a Kilo-class submarine, had a fire detected on board when trials were being conducted which resulted in smoke leading to suffocation and death of two officers. Seven sailors were reported injured and were airlifted to the naval base hospital in Mumbai.[26] According to the naval board of inquiry, the fire was caused due to problems in the cables of the vessel.[27] This particular incident led to the resignation of Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral D K Joshi on 26 February 2014, who owned moral responsibility for the incidents in the past few months.[28]
• March 2014: INS Kolkata had a malfunction on board which led to a toxic gas leak killing Commander Kuntal Wadhwa instantly.[29] According to the Indian Navy, the ship suffered a malfunction in its carbon dioxide unit while undergoing machinery trials, leading to gas leakage.[30] Since the ship was not commissioned at the time of the incident, the enquiry into the mishap will be done by Mazagon Dock Limited, where the ship was constructed.
• May 2014: INS Ganga suffered a minor explosion in the boiler room while undergoing a refit at the Mumbai dockyard. Four people suffered minor injuries. There was no fire and no equipment was damaged.[31][32][33]
• November 2014: A torpedo recovery vessel of the Astravahini class A-73 sank 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) off the Vizag coast during a routine mission to recover torpedoes fired by fleet ships during a routine exercise. The accident resulted in the death of one sailor while four others were reported as missing however 23 other personnel were rescued by SAR teams deployed right after the incident.[34]
• March 2015: A Dornier Do 228 aircraft belonging to the Indian Navy Aviation Squadron 310, on a routine training mission, lost radar contact and ditched at sea about 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) southwest of Goa on the night of 24 March 2015. The aircrew on board the aircraft comprised three officers (two pilots and one female observer). The lone survivor, Commander Nikhil Kuldip Joshi, was picked up by a passing fishing boat. The bodies of the other two officers Lieutenant Abhinav Nagori and Lieutenant Kiran Shekhawat were recovered. Media reports suggested that the female observer could be the first woman in India’s military to die in active service. Meanwhile, a Board of Inquiry was ordered to establish the cause of the accident.[35][36]
• November 2015: INS Kochi, a Kolkata-class destroyer, conducted BrahMos missile test firings whilst the airspace remained open to traffic, due to a communication failure.[37]
• March 2016: A fire broke out on the soon-to-be decommissioned aircraft carrier INS Viraat which resulted in the death of one and the injury of three others.[38]
• April 2016: A sailor lost his leg while two others were injured in an oxygen cylinder explosion on board INS Nireekshak. The explosion took place on 16 April while a diving bailout bottle, a small 12-inch (30 cm) oxygen bottle that is carried by divers in their diving helmet, was being charged. The sailors were admitted in the Military Hospital, Trivandrum as the ship was on it way to Mumbai from Visakhapatnam.[39][40]
• June 2016: Two people, a sailor and a civilian contractor, were killed by a toxic gas leak that occurred during maintenance work in the Sewage Treatment Plant compartment during the first refit of the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya at Karwar. Two other people were injured and taken to the naval hospital.[41][42][43]

 

[Director General]

Two security boats of the Indian Navy, which are used for patrolling of Mumbai waters, today sank at the naval dockyard following a fire that broke out in one of them.

Navy sources said that there was no loss of life or collateral damage to other naval assets in the harbour and that a board of inquiry has been ordered into the incident.

The sources said the fire broke out early morning in one of the security boats.

"During the fire fighting, two boats suffered damages and ingress of water and are submerged in shallow waters inside the naval harbour area. Efforts are in progress to salvage the boats," a navy official said.

He said that the boats are small in size and are immediate support vessels.


http://www.deccanherald.com/content/558810/2-navy-patrol-boats-sink.html

Thank God, these are cheap patrol boats each costing only $600,000.
Indian Navy has over 90 of them.

 

[Windjammer]

Thank God, these are cheap patrol boats each costing only $600,000.
Indian Navy has over 90 of them.

More than the cost , it's the frequency of accidents that should be more of the concern.

 

[Tripoli]

Recently there have been fires in submarines, gas explosion in aircraft carriers and now fires in patrol boats

2 Die On Indian Navy Aircraft Carrier INS Vikramaditya After Gas Leak (NDTV dated jun 10 2016)
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Two people including a sailor of Indian Navy died in an accident on board INS Vikramaditya, the Russian-made aircraft carrier, today evening. Two others were injured.

A spokesperson of Indian Navy said that the "incident of gas leakage on board INS Vikramaditya took place at about 5:00 PM."

Four people repairing the sewage treatment "inhaled" toxic fumes and were evacuated to hospital, the spokesperson said.

The aircraft carrier is undergoing routine repair and refit at the Karwar Naval Base in Karnataka.

The two who died were identified as Rakesh Kumar Shipwright Artificer Class 4, and Shri Mohandas Kolambkar, an employee of M/s Royal Marine.

The condition of the other two personnel is stable. The Navy has ordered an inquiry into the incident.

INS Vikramaditya is India's largest naval ship and equipped with a variety of integral weapons and sensors.

 

[Windjammer]

There's obviously some sort of discontent or malign efforts within the IN that initially certain events take place and then they are covered up, who knows how many go unreported.

 

[Director General]

Recently there have been fires in submarines, gas explosion in aircraft carriers and now fires in patrol boats

2 Die On Indian Navy Aircraft Carrier INS Vikramaditya After Gas Leak (NDTV dated jun 10 2016)
.

Two people including a sailor of Indian Navy died in an accident on board INS Vikramaditya, the Russian-made aircraft carrier, today evening. Two others were injured.

A spokesperson of Indian Navy said that the "incident of gas leakage on board INS Vikramaditya took place at about 5:00 PM."

Four people repairing the sewage treatment "inhaled" toxic fumes and were evacuated to hospital, the spokesperson said.

The aircraft carrier is undergoing routine repair and refit at the Karwar Naval Base in Karnataka.

The two who died were identified as Rakesh Kumar Shipwright Artificer Class 4, and Shri Mohandas Kolambkar, an employee of M/s Royal Marine.

The condition of the other two personnel is stable. The Navy has ordered an inquiry into the incident.

INS Vikramaditya is India's largest naval ship and equipped with a variety of integral weapons and sensors.

There was no explosion on aircraft carrier.Two persons died and two were injured after they forgot to shut off the Hydrogen Sulphide valve during inspection leading to gas inhalation.

More than the cost , it's the frequency of accidents that should be more of the concern.

Not as concerning as Navy personnel attack their own frigate and trying to hijack it use it's weapons or a navy commando helping gunmen attack own naval air base.

 

[Tripoli]

There's obviously some sort of discontent or malign efforts within the IN that initially certain events take place and then they are covered up, who knows how many go unreported.

It is probably a conspiracy by pakistan. LOL

 

[Windjammer]

Not as concerning as Navy personnel attack their own frigate and trying to hijack it use it's weapons or a navy commando helping gunmen attack own naval air base.

Yea drag in Pakistan to make yourself look good, typical Indian mentality, however the bottom line is they did not succeed , on the contrary check post ~ 8.

 

[GuardianRED]

Yea drag in Pakistan to make yourself look good, typical Indian mentality, however the bottom line is they did not succeed , on the contrary check post ~ 8.

Yes we are GOOD - Better than having traitors among the ranks ! who knows how many are still there!

 

[indo]

I am really worried. There have been lots of fires in important places in India in past few months. Could it be something like Stuxnet ? @PARIKRAMA

 

[noksss]

There's obviously some sort of discontent or malign efforts within the IN that initially certain events take place and then they are covered up, who knows how many go unreported.

Nothing goes unreported about Indian forces from your eagle eyes windy

 

[thesolar65]

Nothing goes unreported about Indian forces from your eagle eyes windy

Because they have no boats to be on fire or to collide!