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Astravahini-class torpedo recovery vessel

{{Short description|Indian naval auxiliary watercrafts}}

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The Astravahini class of torpedo recovery vessels are a series of naval auxiliary watercraft built by Goa Shipyard Limited and P.S. & Company for the Indian Navy.{{cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/print/84 |title=Surface Ships |accessdate=21 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325134508/http://indiannavy.nic.in/print/84 |archivedate=25 March 2015 }} They are intended to recover practice torpedoes and mines, fired and laid by ships, submarines and aircraft. The vessels can stow two full-sized torpedoes on deck and two on a recovery ramp.

The vessel A72 sank on 6 November 2014 during a routine exercise near Visakhapatnam after taking on water, with one sailor dead and four missing.{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/defence-news-indian-navy-torpedo-recovery-vessel-sinks/20141106.htm |website=rediff.com |title=Torpedo recovery vessel sinks near Vizag; 1 dead, 4 missing |date=6 November 2014 |accessdate=27 June 2016}}{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/one-dead-and-four-missing-as-navy-ship-sinks/article6571469.ece?homepage=true |title=Navy's auxiliary ship sinks off Vizag; sailor killed |first=G. S. |last=Subrahmanyam |newspaper=The Hindu |date=7 November 2014 |accessdate=27 June 2016}}

Ships in the class

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!Yard no{{cite web|url=http://www.goashipyard.co.in/products_history.aspx |title=Product History |publisher=Goa Shipyard |accessdate=27 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706134133/http://www.goashipyard.co.in/products_history.aspx |archivedate=6 July 2016 }}

IMO number{{cite web|url=http://www.irclass.org/ship_info# |title=Ship Register Search | IRCLASS | Indian Register of Shipping |accessdate=14 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621234432/http://www.irclass.org/ship_info |archivedate=21 June 2013 }}!! Pennant no !! Commission !! Decommission !! Builder !! Notes
10837804077A7115 September 198225 March 2005GSLTorpedo Recovery Vessel
10847804089A7223 February 1983Sunk 6 November 2014 GSLTorpedo Recovery Vessel
A735 November 1984Military Year-book 1985-86 (Volume 18)16 July 2015 {{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/ins-astravahini-decommissioned/article7432887.ece |title=INS Astravahini decommissioned |newspaper=The Hindu |date=17 July 2015 |accessdate=27 June 2016}}P. S. & CompanyShip & Boat International, Volume 37Torpedo Launch and Recovery Vessel

Specification (''A71'' & ''A72'')

  • Displacement: 110 tonnesThe Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems By Eric Wertheim
  • Speed: 11 knots
  • Dimension: 28.5 X 6.1 X 1.4 meters
  • Engine: 2 Kirloskar MAN 12 cyl. diesels, 2 props. 720 bhp
  • Crew: 13 total

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090327141914/http://www.hindu.com/2005/03/26/stories/2005032609360400.htm A-71 Decommissioned]

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