Explosion Aboard Indian Warship, Three Navy Personnel Killed

Three Navy personnel were killed in an explosion aboard an Indian destroyer, INS Ranvir at the Naval dockyard in Mumbai on Tuesday.

"In an unfortunate incident today at Naval Dockyard Mumbai, three naval personnel succumbed to injuries caused by an explosion in an internal compartment onboard INS Ranvir," the Indian Navy said in a statement.

The ship's crew responded immediately and brought the situation under control. No major material damage has been reported.

A Board of inquiry has been ordered to investigate into the cause of this incident, the statement said.

INS Ranvir, the first of the Ranvir-class destroyers, was commissioned in April 1986. This class of ships were built by the Soviet Union for anti-aircraft and anti-submarine warfare, for carrier task force defense against submarines, low-flying aircraft, and cruise missiles.

The destroyer had been on cross-coast operational deployment from the Eastern Naval Command since November 2021 and was due to return to the base port shortly.