INS Khukri was a Type 14 (Blackwood-class) frigate of the Indian Navy. 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. This was the first warship sunk in action by a submarine since World War II. It remains the post-independence Indian navy's only warship to be lost in war.
INS Khukri underway
INS Khukri during an execise with Indonesian Navy in 1960
Model of Khukri at the INS Khukri memorial, Diu
INS Khukri memorial, Diu
The Type 14 Blackwood class were a ship class of minimal "second-rate" anti-submarine warfare frigates. Built for the Royal Navy during the 1950s at a time of increasing threat from the Soviet Union's submarine fleet, they served until the late 1970s. Twelve ships of this class served with the Royal Navy and a further three were built for the Indian Navy.
HMS Exmouth (1972) – following conversion to gas turbine propulsion
HMS Malcolm