 INSRanvijay duringExercise Malabar 2012 | |
| History | |
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| Name | Ranvijay |
| Builder | 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant |
| Commissioned | 21 December 1987 |
| Identification | Pennant number: D55 |
| Motto | Sangrame Vaibhavasya (Glorious in War) |
| Status | Active |
| Badge | _crest.JPG) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Rajput-classdestroyer |
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| Length | 147 m (482 ft) |
| Beam | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Draught | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Propulsion | 4 x gas turbine engines; 2 shafts, 72,000 hp (54,000 kW) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
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| Complement | 320 (including 35 officers) |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 ×Ka-28 helicopter |
INSRanvijay (lit. 'Victorious in Battle') is aRajput-class destroyer in active service with theIndian Navy.Ranvijay wascommissioned on 21 December 1987.[3]
She has won the prestigious Cock Trophy in the annual Western Fleet whaler boat regatta held at the Naval Dockyard on 7 January 2006.[4]
Ranvijay participated in the multinationalMalabar Naval Exercise betweenAustralia,India,Singapore,Japan andUnited States in theBay of Bengal in the years 2011-2015 and 2020-2021.
In July 2014,Ranvijay, accompanied by the stealthfrigateShivalik and fleettankerShakti, took part in the INDRA War Games, a naval and army counter-terrorism exercise withRussia.
In November 2016,Ranvijay, accompanied by thecorvetteINS Kamorta, took part in theSIMBEX War Games, a naval exercise withSingapore Navy which bought the RSN’s stealth frigate, RSSFormidable.[5]
On 23 October 2021,Ranvijay caught fire at theVisakhapatnam Naval Base. Four of her crew were hospitalised.[6]
Ranvijay received the best ship of theEastern Fleet Trophy for the year 2006–07 and 2011–12.
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