INS Veer (K82)
History | |
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Indian Navy | |
Name | INS Veer |
Commissioned | 2 April 1971 |
Decommissioned | 31 December 1982 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Vidyut class missile boat |
Displacement | 245 tons (full load)[1] |
Length | 38.6 meters |
Beam | 7.6 meters |
Speed | 37+ knots |
Complement | 30 |
Armament |
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INS Veer (K82) was a Vidyut-class missile boat of the Indian Navy.[2][3]
INS Veer was a part of the 25th "Killer" Missile Squadron of the Indian Navy.
Operation Trident[]
During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, INS Veer was one of the 3 missile boats in the Operation Trident task force. On the afternoon of 4 December, the strike group made its way towards Karachi.
Late that evening, around 70 miles south of Karachi, the Veer detected a large Pakistan Navy target, later identified as the minesweeper PNS Muhafiz on patrol to its north. Veer launched 1 SS-N-2 Styx missile on the target, sinking PNS Muhafiz.[4]
Other vessels of strike group sank a Pakistan Navy destroyer, PNS Khaibar and the merchant ship , and caused irreparable damage to the destroyer PNS Shah Jahan (DD-962).
Lieutenant Commander Om Prakash Mehta, the Commanding Officer of the Veer was awarded the Vir Chakra for his role during the operation.[5][6] Lt. Pk Puri, Engineering Officer, INS Veer was awarded the Nausena Medal for his efforts in the Indo ~ Pak war of 1971.
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- ^ John Pike (4 December 1971). "K83 Vidyut (Sov Osa-I) / K90 Viyut (Sov Osa-II)". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
- ^ "NAVY - Osa I Class". Bharat-Rakshak.com. 28 October 1971. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
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- Vidyut-class missile boats
- Fast attack craft of the Indian Navy