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INS ''Vindhyagiri'' was a of the Indian Navy. ''Vindhyagiri'' was commissioned on 8 July 1981, but capsized after colliding with a merchant vessel on 30 January 2011. It was subsequently salvaged and then decommissioned on 11 June 2012. It served for 31 years in the navy and in its prime served as the flagship of the Western Naval Command. It was decommissioned a year earlier than envisaged due to the collision. ==January 2011 collision== On 30 January 2011, ''Vindhyagiri'' collided with the Cyprus-flagged merchant ship MV ''Nordlake'' near Sunk Rock lighthouse at the entrance of Mumbai harbour at 3:30 pm. It was reported that several civilians including family members of the crew were on board at the time of the incident. No casualties were reported.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=INS Vindhyagiri goes down )〕 A major fire broke out due to the collision which took more than 15 hours to control. It also caused a major damage in the hull of the ship, affecting boiler room and motor room.. On 31 January 2011, the ship sank due to the damage caused by the fire. ''Vindhyagiri'' settled on the sea bed at the Mumbai Naval Dockyard due to flooding in some of its compartments. "The place where the ship is berthed hardly has enough water. It is just seven metres deep. The ship touched the bottom because of flooding in some compartments. She is on the sea bed. Of course, she can be recovered," Chief Public Relations Officer (Defence) Captain M. Nambiar told the newspaper ''The Hindu''. After spending close to five months on the seabed at Berth No 5 in Mumbai Naval Dockyard, the ship was raised from the seabed with the assistance of the salvage company Titan Salvage with the help of naval architects, Salvage Master and a 24 hour diving crew. The hull was patched and by the use of multiple pumps to remove water from inside the wreck, letting air gain its space removing weight. The use of a giant floating crane was to hold the wreck while the lifting process by the Titan salvage crew was preformed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「INS Vindhyagiri (F42)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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