The indigenously built, Gaj Class Ocean Going Tug (submarine rescue vessel) #INSMatanga (A 53) was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 04 April 1983- #ThisDayInIndianNavy
INS Matanga served the Nation till she was finally paid off on 27 January 2017. #IndianNavalHistory
The #IndianNavyDay commemorates the achievements of the Indian marine forces, and marks the anniversary of #OperationTrident , one of the greatest seafaring victories in #IndianNavalhistory .
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#HarKaamDeshKeNaam #IndianNavalHistory #ThisDayThatYear On this day, on 18 July 1987, INS Magar (Pennant No. L-20), a Landing Ship Tank (Large) {LST(L)} was commissioned by RH Tahilianithe then #CNS , at #GRSE yard, Calcutta, with Commander DB Roy as her first Commanding Officer.
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#OnThisDay on #04March 1961, #INSVikrant was commissioned into the #India nNavy - one of the most significant events in the history of Indian Navy, #India became an ‘Aircraft Carrier Nation’ (1/3)
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#OnThisDay -01 May 1980, #INSAbhimanyu , Indian Navy's dedicated #MARCOS Base was Commissioned at #Mumbai .
The Marine Commando Force ( #MCF ) was raised in 1987 as the Indian Marine Special Force (IMSF) & subsequently rechristened & given the acronym #MARCOS (1/3)
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#OnThisDay on 08 Mar 2004 a unique expedition from under sea to #MountEverest was flagged off by Shri George Fernandes, then Defence Minister, from #IndianNavy submarine, #INSSindhuraj (1/2).
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Naval Base at erstwhile Cochin was commissioned as HMIS Venduruthy on #24Jun 1943. The port city of #Kochi has since emerged as the training fortress for #modern #IndianNavy (1/n).
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#OnThisDay 1953
First participation of #IndianNavy at a #FleetReview , #INSDelhi , #INSRanjit & #INSTir at Coronation Review of Queen Elizabeth II.
The ships were commanded by Capt (later Adm) AK Chatterji, Cdr (later Adm) SM Nanda & Cdr (later VAdm) N Krishnan
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#OnThisDay , 27 May 1951, Hon President of India, Dr Rajendra Prasad presented the President’s Colours to the #IndianNavy ,making it the first service to receive the Colour from the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces (1/n).
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#OnThisDay in 1958.
#INSKhukri (F 149), a Blackwood-class Anti-Submarine frigate (modified to suit #Indian requirements) was commissioned with Cdr (later Vice Adm) SH Sarma as her #first Commanding Officer #CO (1/n).
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#OnThisDay in 1965, the Naval establishment Agrani came into being.
This historic estb traces its roots back to post- #WW2 era when, a Petty Officers' #Leadership School was set up at #Venduruthy , Kochi for imparting leadership training to Senior Sailors (1/n)
#OnThisDay , #25Apr 2004, INS Tarangini's maiden 15-month voyage, commencing 23 Jan 2003, terminated at #Kochi , after having called on 37 ports in 18 countries, covering a distance of over 34,923 nautical miles (1/3).
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#OnThisDay in 1956, #India became a proud member of the International Hydrographic Organisation #IHO .
Since then Indian Naval Hydrographic Department has grown from strength to strength. Some highlights of #Hydrography Arm's growth are... (1/3).
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#OnThisDay 1959
Indian Navy's #first Air Squadron, INAS 550 was commissioned at #Kochi with amphibian Sealand, target-towing Firefly & HT-2 (Hindustan Trainer) aircraft.
Sqn has flown 14 different types of aircraft from Sealand...(1/n).
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#OnThisDay in 2006
#IndianNavy launched the historic #OpSukoon , termed by some as the 'biggest evacuation since #Dunkirk '; to evacuate Indian, Nepalese, Sri Lankan, American & Lebanese nationals from War torn Beirut ( #Lebanon ) to Larnaca ( #Cyprus ) (1/n).
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#OnThisDay in 1987
#INSMagar (L-20), Landing Ship Tank (Large) & lead ship of her class, was commissioned into #IndianNavy at #GRSE Kolkata.
Adm RH Tahiliani #CNS was the Chief Guest.
Cdr DB Roy was the first Commanding Officer (1/n).
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#OnThisDay in 1956, the School for Aircraft Handling & #FireFighting , later renamed, School for #NavalAirmen (SFNA), was established at #Kochi , with Lt Cdr BS Ranjit as its first Officer-in-Charge (1/n).
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#OnThisDay 1959
#INSKuthar (F 146), a Blackwood-class anti-submarine frigate was commissioned into the #IndianNavy at Samuel White & Co. Shipbuilding Yard, Isle of Wight, UK, with Cdr (later Commodore) SS Sodhi as her #First Commanding Officer.
