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‘Water ingress’ incident on Navy vessel, no casualties reported

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The Indian Navy launched operations to remove floodwater after an ingress incident struck the vessel INS Kesari while berthed at the Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam. Authorities confirmed that no personnel were injured or killed during the event. The 5,650-tonne Shardul-class tank landing ship has been in active service since it was originally commissioned on April 5, 2008.

Key points

  • The Shardul-class tank landing ship INS Kesari avoided personnel casualties following a d…: The Shardul-class tank landing ship INS Kesari avoided personnel casualties following a dockside flooding event.
  • Emergency pumping operations were deployed immediately to mitigate water levels inside th…: Emergency pumping operations were deployed immediately to mitigate water levels inside the berthed military platform.
  • The ship previously carried out strategic humanitarian operations, including delivering C…: The ship previously carried out strategic humanitarian operations, including delivering Covid-19 relief during Mission Sagar in 2020.

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NEW DELHI: The

Indian Navy on Saturday confirmed an incident of “water ingress” (flooding) on one of its ships while the vessel was berthed at the Naval Dockyard in

Visakhapatnam. The incident was reported on INS Kesari, a Shardul-class tank landing ship.

The Navy, in an official statement, said that “no casualties have been reported”. Efforts to pump out the water are underway, it added.

INS Kesari, which was commissioned on April 5, 2008, has a 5,650-tonne displacement.

Deployed in May 2020 for Mission Sagar, INS Kesari had delivered Covid-19 relief material, medical assistance and food items to nations in the southern Indian Ocean, such as Maldives, Mauritius, Madagascar, Comoros and Seychelles.

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