Keen to ramp up its influence among the littoral nations, a major highlight of the ongoing Indian Navy’s flagship exercise ‘Milan 2024’ in Vishakhapatnam is India’s offer of its submarine rescue capabilities to friendly countries
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Tribune News Service
New Delhi, April 22
In an important move, the Indian Navy has dispatched its Deep Submergence Rescue Vessel (DSRV) to help in Search & Rescue efforts for KRI Nanggala, an Indonesian Navy submarine that is missing since Wednesday morning.
The DSRV is a special vessel that undertakes such tasks. Indian Navy Spokesperson Commander Vivek Madhwal said that the DSRV has been despatched from its base at Visakhapatnam, located on the east coast of the country.
The DSRV a side-scan sonar for locating the position of the submarine in distress at sea, providing immediate relief by way of posting emergency life support containers with the help of a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). The crew inside the submarine can be rescued after that using the DSRV itself.
Indian Navy dispatches DSRV to assist Indonesian Navy’s search for missing submarine
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April 22, 2021 15:30 IST
KRI Nanggala 402 was participating in a torpedo firing exercise when it went missing and is believed to have disappeared about 60 miles north of Bali.
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Indonesian Navy ship KRI Singa sails to take part in the search for submarine KRI Nanggala that went missing while participating in a training exercise on Wednesday, off Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia, on April 22, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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KRI Nanggala 402 was participating in a torpedo firing exercise when it went missing and is believed to have disappeared about 60 miles north of Bali.
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NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy dispatched its Deep Submergence Rescue Vessel (DSRV) on Thursday to assist the Indonesian Navy in search and rescue efforts of its Submarine KRI Nanggala. The Submarine was reported missing on Wednesday.
Indian Navy in its statement said, On 21 April, an alert was received by Indian Navy through International Submarine Escape and Rescue Liaison Office (ISMERLO), regarding the missing Indonesian submarine. An officer added, We have sailed the mother ship with the DSRV within 24 hours of getting the information.
It requires a special capability to operate in deep waters which only few countries have and India is one of them. The site of accident is almost 2500 nautical miles away and the ship may take almost a week to reach the site of accident, it said.
Navy s Deep-Submergence Rescue Vessel left from Visakhapatnam this morning.
New Delhi:
The Indian Navy today joined the rescue operation for a Indonesian submarine and its 53-person crew that went missing more than 24 hours ago. Indonesia had sought assistance from India after its 44-year-old submarine, KRI Nanggala-402, went missing while conducting a torpedo drill north of the island of Bali.
The Navy s Deep-Submergence Rescue Vessel (DSVR) left from Visakhapatnam this morning as the rescue operation entered its second day today. The mothership carrying the rescue sub is likely to take more than three days to reach the location. In this moment of crisis our prayers are with the Indonesian Navy, our brothers in arms onboard #KRINanggala and their families, the Navy tweeted sharing pictures of Deep-Submergence Rescue Vessel.