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INS Krishna to make its last voyage | idrw.org
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After traversing the seas for 44 years first as the Royal Navys HMS Andromeda from 1968 to November 1994 and in its current avatar as one of Indian Navys First Training Squadron Ships, INS Krishna, from August 1995 is set to sing its swan song. On Tuesday, it will embark on its last voyage, setting course for Mumbai from the Southern Naval Commands south jetty for a minor refit before being decommissioned later this year. The news of the imminent retirement of the Grey Mistress, as she had been known in the Royal Navy, has indeed brought back dear memories in many ex-HMS Andromeda shipmates besides Indian Navy personnel who have served aboard INS Krishna (pennant number F 46). It comes at a time when the HMS Andromeda Association is planning a reunion of Andromeda veterans, about 400 worldwide, in the last week of February.
The last broad beam Leader-class frigate built by the Portsmouth Dockyard, Andromeda (the eighth bearing pennant number F 57) had weathered many storms in the Beira Patrol, a blockade in the Mozambique channel to prevent oil reaching Rhodesia (Zimbabwe); the last two Cod wars with Iceland over fishing rights when the frigate suffered damage resulting from collisions; the Falklands action when it was deployed on escort duty; and the Armilla Patrol in the Gulf for escort of oil tankers.
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After traversing the seas for 44 years first as the Royal Navys HMS Andromeda from 1968 to November 1994 and in its current avatar as one of Indian Navys First Training Squadron Ships, INS Krishna, from August 1995 is set to sing its swan song. On Tuesday, it will embark on its last voyage, setting course for Mumbai from the Southern Naval Commands south jetty for a minor refit before being decommissioned later this year. The news of the imminent retirement of the Grey Mistress, as she had been known in the Royal Navy, has indeed brought back dear memories in many ex-HMS Andromeda shipmates besides Indian Navy personnel who have served aboard INS Krishna (pennant number F 46). It comes at a time when the HMS Andromeda Association is planning a reunion of Andromeda veterans, about 400 worldwide, in the last week of February.
The last broad beam Leader-class frigate built by the Portsmouth Dockyard, Andromeda (the eighth bearing pennant number F 57) had weathered many storms in the Beira Patrol, a blockade in the Mozambique channel to prevent oil reaching Rhodesia (Zimbabwe); the last two Cod wars with Iceland over fishing rights when the frigate suffered damage resulting from collisions; the Falklands action when it was deployed on escort duty; and the Armilla Patrol in the Gulf for escort of oil tankers.
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