INS Khukri (F149)
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INS Khukri was a Type 14 frigate of the Indian Navy. She was a part of the 14th Frigate Squadron, a task force that formed part of the Western Fleet. The squadron consisted of the three frigates – INS
INS Khukrii underway
INS Khukri during an exercise with Indonesian Navy in 1960
Model of Khukri at the INS Khukri memorial, Diu
INS Khukri memorial, Diu
PNS Hangor (S131)
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PNS/M Hangor is a Daphné-class diesel-electric submarine that served in the Pakistan Navy from 1969 until its decommissioning in 2006. It is the first submarine to sink a ship after World War II.
INS Khukri (F149)
…three frigates – INS Khukri, INS Kirpan and INS Kuthar. 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. She was the first warship sunk by a submarine since World War II and is the post-independence…
Hangor on 4 December 1971