Defence
Minor Fire Reported At Indian Navy's Delhi Class Destroyer 'INS Mysore'; No Casualties
Ujjwal Shrotryia
Jul 19, 2023, 11:00 AM | Updated 11:00 AM IST
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A incident of fire was reported onboard the Indian Navy's Delhi class destroyer — INS Mysore — at Naval Dockyard at Vishakhapatnam.
Indian Navy's Eastern Naval Command twitter handle reported the news stating, "An Incident of fire was reported onboard INS Mysore at Naval Dockyard Visakhapatnam".
An Incident of fire was reported onboard INS Mysore at Naval Dockyard Visakhapatnam.
— Eastern Naval Command (@IN_HQENC) July 18, 2023
The fire was brought under control by the ship's staff with the assistance of the dockyard staff. No loss of life or casualty has been reported.
An inquiry has been ordered into the incident.
The Navy's handle further tweeted, "The fire was brought under control by the ship's staff with the assistance of the dockyard staff. No loss of life or casualty has been reported".
An inquiry has been ordered into the incident.
This comes after last year on July 2022, INS Vikramaditya reported a fire which delayed the aircraft's carrier rejoining the fleet by six months.
The fire was reported after the carrier underwent an eighteen-month long refit. Following the refit, when the carrier was undergoing trials, the carrier reported a fire.
Interestingly, Vikramaditya has become a fire magnet for quite some time. Earlier in May 2021, it reported a minor fire incident. No casualties were reported.
In 2019, Vikramaditya suffered another fire in which a young Naval officer was killed while dousing the fire.
This has led many to refer to the aircraft carrier as a "garage queen", much like Russia's Kuznetsov carrier.
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Staff Writer at Swarajya. Writes on Indian Military and Defence.
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