INS Ranvir
Rajput-class destroyer built for the Indian Navy
INS Ranvir (lit. 'Hero in Battle') is the fourth of the five Rajput-class destroyers built for the Indian Navy. Ranvir was commissioned on 28 October 1986.
Service history
2008
INS Ranvir along with INS Mysore were anchored just outside Sri Lankan territorial waters to provide security for the Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, and other high-ranking officials at the 15th SAARC summit.
2010
INS Ranvir was used as a staging platform to test the BrahMos Supersonic cruise missile. On March 21, 2010, She fired one during tests against the decommissioned INS Meen.
2015
On 22–26 May 2015, INS Ranvir with INS Shakti visited Singapore. On 31 May - 4 June 2015, INS Ranvir with INS Shakti made a port call at Jakarta, Indonesia. She was commanded by Captain Jaswinder Singh.
2022
On 18 January 2022, there was an explosion in an internal compartment of the ship at the naval dockyard in Mumbai, resulting in three deaths and eleven injuries. Minor structural damage was also reported.
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