sorry to post late, but this belong to news section…
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indian-na…/141970-3.html

Indian naval ship sinks after collision

Shoaib Ahmed, Toral Varia, CNN-IBN
Updated Jan 31, 2011 at 10:51pm IST

Mumbai: The Indian naval ship INS Vindhyagiri that caught fire after collision with a foreign merchant vessel at the Mumbai harbour sunk on Monday.

The fire errupted as the engine and boiling rooms of the ship were damaged in a collission with a merchant vessel.

The badly damaged war ship eventually went down battling a blaze at the Naval Dockyard.

Mumbai: The Indian naval ship INS Vindhyagiri that caught fire after collision with a foreign merchant vessel at the Mumbai harbour sunk on Monday.
The fire errupted as the engine and boiling rooms of the ship were damaged in a collission with a merchant vessel.
The badly damaged war ship eventually went down battling a blaze at the Naval Dockyard.

At 4:36 pm on Sunday, Vindhyagiri collided with a Cypriot merchant ship MV Nordlake near the sunk rock light house.

While Nord Lake escaped with minor damage, Vindhyagiri’s boiling room started flooding and caught fire.

After it was towed to the Naval Dockyard on Monday morning, the fire brigade was called in at 4 am to tackle the intensifying blaze.

The crew was immediately evacuated and the ammunition moved out

But the flooded ship sank before the fire could be doused.

“Because of the damage, water has entered, due to which the ship has listed,” said Manohar Nambiar, PRO Defence.

The police have detained the merchant ship and have lodged a case.

“We have called for the call log sheets of both the ships to find out how the collision happened,” said Quaiser Khalid, DCP Port Zone, Mumbai.

Unlike the Chitra-Khalijia collision 5 months ago, there hasn’t been any major oil spillage this time, but this incident does raise a few questions.

How can a large merchant vessel collide with an Indian Naval Warship in broad daylight and why did the Navy press the panic button only early on Monday morning by calling the fire brigade when the engine room was smouldering throughout the night.

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Iko,
thanks for posting, a really good find.

I feel the most awkward thing on the J-20 its front landing gear, anyone feel the same?…. it looks “skinny” and needs to put some muscle like the T-50. (remember what Arnold told Obama during election campaign?:D)

I think Ka-226 is way too small for the Mistral class of ships. Even the Ka-62 is not big enough. The most fitting category is the Mi-8/17/14 class….

But I think, by the time the Mistrals is ready (around 2015-16), the replacement for the Mi-17 might also get ready. And by that I mean the Mi-383, the military variant of the Mi-38, with whole new fuselage and new engine.

I think Mi-383 is the helo that India and Russia is jointly developing? Mi-383 is in 15ton class where as the reports of the Indo-Russian JV for helo is of 10ton class…. can anyone clarify?

Unfortunate incident

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indian-naval-ship-sinks-after-collision/141970-3.html

Indian naval ship sinks after collision
Shoaib Ahmed, Toral Varia, CNN-IBN
Updated Jan 31, 2011 at 10:51pm IST

Mumbai: The Indian naval ship INS Vindhyagiri that caught fire after collision with a foreign merchant vessel at the Mumbai harbour sunk on Monday.

The fire errupted as the engine and boiling rooms of the ship were damaged in a collission with a merchant vessel.

The badly damaged war ship eventually went down battling a blaze at the Naval Dockyard.

Mumbai: The Indian naval ship INS Vindhyagiri that caught fire after collision with a foreign merchant vessel at the Mumbai harbour sunk on Monday.
The fire errupted as the engine and boiling rooms of the ship were damaged in a collission with a merchant vessel.
The badly damaged war ship eventually went down battling a blaze at the Naval Dockyard.

At 4:36 pm on Sunday, Vindhyagiri collided with a Cypriot merchant ship MV Nordlake near the sunk rock light house.

While Nord Lake escaped with minor damage, Vindhyagiri’s boiling room started flooding and caught fire.

After it was towed to the Naval Dockyard on Monday morning, the fire brigade was called in at 4 am to tackle the intensifying blaze.

The crew was immediately evacuated and the ammunition moved out

But the flooded ship sank before the fire could be doused.

“Because of the damage, water has entered, due to which the ship has listed,” said Manohar Nambiar, PRO Defence.

The police have detained the merchant ship and have lodged a case.

“We have called for the call log sheets of both the ships to find out how the collision happened,” said Quaiser Khalid, DCP Port Zone, Mumbai.

Unlike the Chitra-Khalijia collision 5 months ago, there hasn’t been any major oil spillage this time, but this incident does raise a few questions.

How can a large merchant vessel collide with an Indian Naval Warship in broad daylight and why did the Navy press the panic button only early on Monday morning by calling the fire brigade when the engine room was smouldering throughout the night.