INS Khukri decommissioned after 32 years of service
New Delhi Dec 24 PTI Indian Navy Ship INS Khukri the first of the indigenously-built missile corvettes has been decommissioned after 32 years of service the Defence Ministry said on FridayA solemn ceremony was held at Visakhapatnam on Thursday wherein the national flag naval ensign and the decommissioning pennant were lowered at sunset the ministrys statement mentioned Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Naval Command and some serving and retired commanding officers of the ship were also present at the ceremony it notedThe ship was affiliated with the Gorkha Brigade of the Indian Army and Lt General PN Ananthanarayan SM President Gorkha Brigade attended the solemn ceremony it mentionedThe corvette was built by the Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders on August 23 1989 and had the distinction of being part of both the western and eastern fleets it noted During her service the ship was commanded by 28 officers and traversed a distance of over 644897 nautical miles which is equivalent to navigating around the world 30 times or three times the distance between the earth and the moon the statement said PTI DSP NSD
New Delhi Dec 24 PTI Indian Navy Ship INS Khukri the first of the indigenously-built missile corvettes has been decommissioned after 32 years of service the Defence Ministry said on FridayA solemn ceremony was held at Visakhapatnam on Thursday wherein the national flag naval ensign and the decommissioning pennant were lowered at sunset the ministrys statement mentioned Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Naval Command and some serving and retired commanding officers of the ship were also present at the ceremony it notedThe ship was affiliated with the Gorkha Brigade of the Indian Army and Lt General PN Ananthanarayan SM President Gorkha Brigade attended the solemn ceremony it mentionedThe corvette was built by the Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders on August 23 1989 and had the distinction of being part of both the western and eastern fleets it noted During her service the ship was commanded by 28 officers and traversed a distance of over 644897 nautical miles which is equivalent to navigating around the world 30 times or three times the distance between the earth and the moon the statement said PTI DSP NSD
