INS Khukri (F149)

INS Khukri underway
History
 Indian Navy
NameINS Khukri[1]
NamesakeKhukri
BuilderJ. Samuel White, Cowes
Laid down29 December 1955
Launched20 November 1956
Commissioned16 July 1958
IdentificationPennant number: F149
FateTorpedoed and sunk by Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Hangor on 9 December 1971
General characteristics
Class and typeBlackwood-class frigate[2]
Displacement1,180 long tons (1,199 t) full load[2]
Length300 ft (91 m)pp 310 ft (94 m)oa[2]
Beam33 ft (10 m)[2]
Draught15.5 ft (4.7 m)[2]
PropulsionY-100 plant; 2 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers, steam turbines on 1 shaft, 15,000 shp (11 MW)
Speed27.8 knots (51 km/h) maximum, 24.5 knots (45 km/h) sustained[2]
Range5,200 nautical miles (9,630 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement150[2]
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar Type 974 navigation
  • Sonar Type 174 search
  • Sonar Type 162 target classification
  • Sonar Type 170 targeting
Armament

INS Khukri was a Type 14 (Blackwood-class) frigate of the Indian Navy. 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. It was the first warship sunk in action by a submarine since World War II. It is the post-independence Indian navy's only warship to have been lost in war.[2][3]

Sinking of INS Khukri
Part of the Naval Conflict of Indo-Pakistan War of 1971
Date9 December 1971
Location
Result INS Khukhri sank[2]
Belligerents

 Pakistan


 Pakistan Navy

 India


 Indian Navy
Commanders and leaders
Commander Ahmed Tasnim Captain Mahendra Nath Mulla 
Strength
PNS Hangor (submarine) INS Khukri (frigate)
INS Kirpan (frigate)
Casualties and losses
None INS Khukri sunk[2]
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  1. ^ Blackman, Raymond VB (ed.). Jane's Fighting Ships, 1961-62. Sampson Low, Marston & Co Ltd. p. 114.
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