Wreck of INS Khukri
Shipwreck site
- Position
- About 20.3° N, 71° E (within about 10 km)
- Sank
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- Cause
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- Depth
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Protection status
Location generalised to protect a war grave
The position shown is generalised to within about 10 km. The exact position is not published.
A military vessel lost in war. Wrecks lost in war are treated as war graves.
This wreck may be the last resting place of those who died aboard. Please treat it with respect.
How this was decided: Voydar's protection rules, from the sources we hold, confidence 85%. When in doubt, Voydar generalises the position.
INS Khukri was a Type 14 (Blackwood-class) frigate of the Indian Navy. She was a part of the 14th Frigate Squadron, a task force that formed part of the Western Fleet. The squadron consisted of the three frigates – INS Khukri, INS Kirpan and INS Kuthar. She was sunk off the coast of Diu, Gujarat, India by the Pakistan Navy Daphné-class submarine Hangor on 9 December 1971 during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. She was the first warship sunk by a submarine since World War II and is the post-independence Indian Navy's only warship to have been lost in war.
History from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
About this wreck
INS Khukri is a recorded shipwreck site. Voydar shows wreck locations alongside live ship traffic, free, from Wikidata and public hydrographic records.
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