INS Ranvijay
{{Short description|Indian Navy destroyer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2019}}
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| Ship endurance = | Ship test depth = | Ship boats = | Ship capacity = | Ship troops = | Ship complement = 320 (including 35 officers) | Ship crew = | Ship time to activate = | Ship sensors = *Air/Surface: EL/M-2238 STAR{{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=The Naval Institute guide to world naval weapon systems|year=2006|publisher=Naval Institute|location=Annapolis, Md|isbn=1557502625|page=243|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4S3h8j_NEmkC&q=%E2%80%9CSurveillance+%26+Threat+Alert+Radar+-+STAR+-+EL%2FM-2238&pg=PA243|edition=5th}} (replacing MR-310U Angara (NATO: Head Net-C) radar at E-band)
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| Ship armour = | Ship armor = | Ship aircraft = 1 × Ka-28 helicopter | Ship aircraft facilities = }} |
INS Ranvijay ({{Lit|Victorious in Battle}}) is a {{sclass|Rajput|destroyer|1}} in active service with the Indian Navy. Ranvijay was commissioned on 21 December 1987.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-12-21 |title=Navy vessel INS Ranvijay completes 37 years |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/andhra-pradesh/navy-vessel-ins-ranvijay-completes-37-years-1848682 |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=www.deccanchronicle.com |language=en}}
Service history
She has won the prestigious Cock Trophy in the annual Western Fleet whaler boat regatta held at the Naval Dockyard on 7 January 2006.{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/ins-ranvijay-triumphs/article3236972.ece | title=INS Ranvijay triumphs | date=8 January 2006 | newspaper=The Hindu | access-date=6 July 2019 }}
Ranvijay participated in the multinational Malabar Naval Exercise between Australia, India, Singapore, Japan and United States in the Bay of Bengal in the years 2011-2015 and 2020-2021.
In July 2014, Ranvijay, accompanied by the stealth frigate {{INS|Shivalik|F47|2}} and fleet tanker {{INS|Shakti|A57|2}}, took part in the INDRA War Games, a naval and army counter-terrorism exercise with Russia.
In November 2016, Ranvijay, accompanied by the corvette INS Kamorta, took part in the SIMBEX War Games, a naval exercise with Singapore Navy which bought the RSN’s stealth frigate, RSS Formidable.[http://www.naval-technology.com/news/newsindia-and-singapore-navies-hold-simbex-2016-annual-bilateral-maritime-exercise-5661064/ naval-technology.com]
On 23 October 2021, Ranvijay caught fire at the Visakhapatnam Naval Base. Four of her crew were hospitalised.{{cite web |url=https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2021/35917/indian-navy-destroyer-fire-4-hospitalized/ |title=Indian Navy destroyer fire, 4 hospitalized |publisher=Fleetmon |first=Mikhail |last=Voychenco |access-date=24 October 2021}}
Awards and recognition
Ranvijay received the best ship of the Eastern Fleet Trophy for the year 2006–07 and 2011–12.
Gallery
File:Comm.C.S. Patham and Capt. Ajith.jpg|Commander C.S. Patham and Captain Ajithkumar J Varma
File:INS Ranvijay Malabar 07.jpg| Ranvijay during Exercise Malabar 2007
File:INS_Ranvijay_(D55).jpg| Ranvijay with sailors on deck in blue uniform
References
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Category:Rajput-class destroyers
Category:Ships built in the Soviet Union
Category:Destroyers of the Cold War
Category:Maritime incidents in 2021
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