New Delhi Jan 28 PTI Decommissioned Indian naval ship INS Khukri was handed over to the Diu administration so that it can be developed as a full-scale museum the Indian Navy said on Friday The missile corvette was decommissioned on December 23 last year after 32 years of service INS Khukri had the distinction of being part of both -- western as well as eastern fleets -- during its service An elegant but solemn ceremony was conducted in Diu on Wednesday to hand over the decommissioned ship the Indian Navys statement noted Rear Admiral Ajay Vinay Bhave Flag Officer Doctrine and Concepts handed over the decommissioned ship formally to Praful Patel Administrator of the Union Territory of DNHDD Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu and Lakshadweep it noted Khukri is planned to be converted into a museum by the Diu Administration for public visits it mentioned The museum will be co-located with the existing Khukri Memorial where the scaled-down version of the first INS Khukri F149 a blackwood class anti-submarine frigate is also placed it noted The recently decommissioned vessel is the second ship of the Navy to carry the name INS Khukri the first was lost during the 1971 India-Pakistan War off the coast of Diu The valiant crew of that ship led by late Captain Mahendra Nath Mulla Maha Vir Chakra winner has been immortalised in the Khukri Memorial at Diu where a scaled-down model of their old ship is displayed in solemn splendour As part of developing and revitalising the Khukri Memorial the Diu administration had approached the Ministry of Defence in 2019 for gifting to it for public display a decommissioned naval vesselAs it turned out it was time for the second Khukri to be paid off This is the vessel that will be handed over officially to the Diu administration the Indian Navy noted The ship commenced her last journey under tow by Indian Navy ships from Visakhapatnam and arrived at Diu on January 14 it mentioned PTI DSP RCJ

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 25 (ANI): Khukri, the lead ship of the Indian Navy's Khukri class corvettes and an indigenous surface-to-surface missile fitted vessel that had the distinction of being part of both, the Western and Eastern Fleets, is scheduled to be handed over to the Diu Administration on January 26, 2022, said a press release.

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

Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], December 24 (ANI): INS Khukri, the first of the indigenously built missile corvettes, was decommissioned "after 32 years of glorious service" on Thursday.