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INS Ranvijay

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INS Ranvijay (Victor in Battle) is a Rajput-class destroyer in active service with the Indian Navy. Ranvijay was commissioned on 15 Jan 1988.[3]

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Service history

She has won the prestigious Cock Trophy in the annual Western Fleet whaler boat regatta held at the Naval Dockyard on 7 January 2006.[4]

Ranvijay participated in the multinational Malabar Naval Exercise between Australia, India, Singapore, Japan and United States in the Bay of Bengal.

In July 2014 Ranjivay, accompanied by the stealth frigate Shivalik and fleet tanker Shakti took part in the INDRA War Games, a naval and army counter-terrorism exercise with Russia. In November 2016 Ranjivay, accompanied by the corvette INS Kamorta took part in the SIMBEX War Games, a naval exercise with Singapore Navy which bought the RSN’s stealth frigate, RSS Formidable.[5]

On 23 October 2021, Ranvijay caught fire at the Visakhapatnam Naval Base, in eastern Bengal. Four of her crew were hospitalised.[6]

Awards and recognition

Ranvijay received the best ship of the Eastern Fleet Trophy for the year 2006–07 and 2011–12.

  • Commander C.S. Patham and Captain Ajithkumar J Varma
  • Ranvijay during Exercise Malabar 2007
  • Ranvijay with sailors on deck in blue uniform

References

  1. [1]
    "Surface Ships -- Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  2. [2]
    Friedman, Norman (2006). The Naval Institute guide to world naval weapon systems (5th ed.). Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute. p. 243. ISBN 1557502625.
  3. [3]
    "Vikramaditya, Delhi Class, Rajput Class, Kolkata Class | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  4. [4]
    "INS Ranvijay triumphs". The Hindu. 8 January 2006. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  5. [5]
    naval-technology.com
  6. [6]
    Voychenco, Mikhail. "Indian Navy destroyer fire, 4 hospitalized". Fleetmon. Retrieved 24 October 2021.


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