INS Ranvijay
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Template:Infobox ship imageTemplate:Infobox ship careerTemplate:Infobox ship characteristicsINS Ranvijay (Template:Lit) is a Template:Sclass in active service with the Indian Navy. Ranvijay was commissioned on 21 December 1987.[1]
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.[2]
Ranvijay participated in the multinational Malabar Naval Exercise between Australia, India, Singapore, Japan and United States in the Bay of Bengal in the years 2011-2015 and 2020-2021.
In July 2014, Ranvijay, accompanied by the stealth frigate Template:INS and fleet tanker Template:INS, took part in the INDRA War Games, a naval and army counter-terrorism exercise with Russia.
In November 2016, Ranvijay, 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.[3]
On 23 October 2021, Ranvijay caught fire at the Visakhapatnam Naval Base. Four of her crew were hospitalised.[4]
Awards and recognition
Ranvijay received the best ship of the Eastern Fleet Trophy for the year 2006–07 and 2011–12.
Gallery
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Commander C.S. Patham and Captain Ajithkumar J Varma
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Ranvijay during Exercise Malabar 2007
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Ranvijay with sailors on deck in blue uniform
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References
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