INS Tir (A86)
{{Short description|Training ship of the Indian Navy}}
{{other ships|INS Tir}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = INS Tir (A86).JPG | Ship caption = INS Tir (A86) }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = India | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|India|naval}} | Ship name = INS Tir | Ship namesake = "Arrow" | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Mazagon Dock Limited | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = 21 February 1986 | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship identification = *{{IMO Number|8102191}} | Ship honours = | Ship fate = | Ship status = Active | Ship notes = | Ship badge = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = Tir-class training ship | Ship displacement = 3,200 tons (full load) | Ship length = {{convert|105.85|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|13.20|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship draught = {{convert|4.8|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = | Ship propulsion = * 2 × shafts
| Ship speed = {{convert|18|kn|lk=in}} | Ship range = {{convert|6000|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|12|kn}} | Ship complement = * 20 officers/staff
| Ship sensors = Bharat/Racal Decca 1245 radar at I-band frequency | Ship EW = | Ship armament = * CRN-91 30 mm autocannon
| Ship armour = | Ship armor = | Ship aircraft = Platform for 1 HAL Chetak or HAL Dhruv | Ship aircraft facilities = | Ship notes = }} |
INS Tir (A86) (Hindi: Arrow) is the first dedicated cadets training ship to be built by Mazagon Dock Limited and commissioned as such by the Indian Navy.{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ships/Active/153-INS-Tir.html |title=Navy - Ins Tir |publisher=Bharat-Rakshak.com |date=1986-02-21 |access-date=2011-02-01}} She is the senior ship of the 1st Training Squadron of the Southern Naval Command.
INS Tir was commissioned on 21 February 1986.{{cite web|url=http://pages.intnet.mu/warbirds/warships/tir.htm |title=Warships - Tir |publisher=Pages.intnet.mu |date=1983-04-15 |access-date=2011-02-01}} Sensors on board Tir include Decca Radar and a SATNAV (Satellite Navigation) system. She can carry up to 293 people on board, though her typical deployment is with 20 instructors and staff and 120 cadets.{{cite web|url=http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/asiapac/india.htm |title=World Navies Today: India |publisher=Hazegray.org |date=2002-03-25 |access-date=2011-02-01}}
INS Tir is named after {{HMIS|Tir|K256|6}}, a {{sclass2|River|frigate}} of the Royal Indian Navy, earlier transferred from the Royal Navy where she served in World War II as HMS Bann (K256).
Operations
=Anti-piracy=
On the evening of 5 February 2011, INS Tir was on a training mission west of the Suheli Par atoll in the Lakshadweep archipelago. She was alerted by the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC), Mumbai about Somali pirate activity in the area to her west. INS Tir tracked the pirate skiffs to a hijacked Thai fishing trawler Prantalay 11 being used as a pirate mother ship.{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1161680.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | first=S. | last=Anandan | title=Navy, Coast Guard bust another pirate band | date=6 February 2011}}
INS Tir was then joined by ICGS Samar of the Indian Coast Guard. When the cadets on board Tir ordered the pirate ship to stop for inspection, they were fired upon. The cadets returned fire in which three pirates were injured, before the pirates raised a white flag and surrendered. 28 pirates were arrested, and the 24 crew of the fishing trawler were rescued unharmed.{{cite news|author=S. Anandan |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1161680.ece |title=News / National : Navy, Coast Guard bust another pirate band |work=The Hindu|date= 2011-02-06|access-date=2011-02-07 |location=Chennai, India}}{{cite news|agency=Associated Press |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Indian-navy-captures-28-pirates-from-Thai-vessel/articleshow/7437704.cms |title=Indian navy captures 28 pirates from Thai vessel |work=The Times of India|access-date=2011-02-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209111324/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Indian-navy-captures-28-pirates-from-Thai-vessel/articleshow/7437704.cms |archive-date=9 February 2011 }}
On 1 October 2024, Indian Navy's First Training Squadron, including INS Tir, INS Shardul and ICGS Veera, reached Bandar Abbas, Iran for training purposes. The Indian flotilla was greeted by IRIS Zereh (P235) of the Iran Navy. The objective of the visit was enhancing maritime cooperation and interoperability.{{Cite news |date=2024-10-04 |title=India docks naval warships at Iran port as war escalates. Is this a strategic response to the Middle-East strife? |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/india-docks-naval-warships-at-iran-port-as-war-escalates-is-this-a-strategic-response-to-the-middle-east-strife/articleshow/113891000.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-10-04 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}{{Cite news |date=2024-10-02 |title=Navy ships in Iran as part of training |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/navy-ships-in-iran-as-part-of-training/articleshow/113861812.cms |access-date=2024-10-04 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}{{Cite web |date=2024-10-02 |title=Amid Middle East Tensions, Indian Warships Dock in Iran – A Bold Strategic Move |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/business/defence-amid-middle-east-tensions-indian-warships-dock-in-iran-a-bold-strategic-move-3628686/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=Financialexpress |language=en}} On 5 October 2024, the First Training Squadron reached Muscat, Oman, the third time in the last decade. The flotilla will stay there until 9 October.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-06 |title=LONG RANGE TRAINING DEPLOYMENT OF FIRST TRAINING SQUADRON TO MUSCAT, OMAN |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=2062601 |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=Press Information Bureau}} On 12 October 2024, INS Tir along with ICGS Veera reached Port of Manama, Bahrain.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-13 |title=VISIT OF FIRST TRAINING SQUADRON TO BAHRAIN AND UAE |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2064549 |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=Press Information Bureau}}
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://indiannavy.nic.in/ Official web site Of Indian Navy]
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