The physique of Main Seaman Sitendra Singh, who went lacking following a significant fireplace onboard India’s frontline warship INS Brahmaputra on the naval dockyard in Mumbai three days in the past, was discovered on Wednesday, officers stated.
The warship was severely broken and tilted closely to 1 aspect following the fireplace on Sunday night. The warship is now resting on her left aspect.
Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh Okay Tripathi visited the naval dockyard on Tuesday and reviewed the sequence of occasions resulting in the accident.
The Navy stated Admiral Tripathi directed Western Naval Command and the Naval headquarters to make INS Brahmaputra seaworthy and fight prepared.
“The Chief of Naval Workers was briefed on the mitigating actions taken to restrict the extent of the injury, plan to recuperate and undertake repairs to revive the ship’s performance on the earliest,” it stated.
“The Chief of Naval Workers directed that every one actions by the Command and Naval Headquarters to make INS Brahmaputra seaworthy and fight prepared are to be initiated instantly,” the Navy stated in a press release.
It stated the physique of Singh was discovered after intensive diving operations.
“Admiral Dinesh Okay Tripathi, and all personnel of the Indian Navy prolong their deepest condolences to the household of Sitendra Singh,” it stated.
“The Indian Navy stands resolutely with the bereaved household on this hour of grief,” the Navy stated.
On Monday, it stated all personnel have been accounted for besides one junior sailor.
INS Brahmaputra is the primary of the indigenously constructed ‘Brahmaputra’ class-guided missile frigates and it was commissioned into the Indian Navy in April 2000.
The almost 3,600-tonne ship is fitted with an array of weapons together with surface-to-surface missiles, surface-to-air missiles, medium vary weapons, anti-submarine rockets, radars, sonars and state-of-the-art digital warfare methods.
INS Brahmaputra has a size of 125 metres, a beam of 14.4 metres and is able to crusing at a pace of 30 knots.
The ship, when it sails, is manned by a crew of 40 officers and 360 sailors.
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