INS Khukri

INS Khukri was a Type 14 (Blackwood-class) frigate of the Indian Navy. She was sunk off the coast of Diu, Gujarat, India by the Pakistan Navy Daphné-class submarine Hangor on 9 December 1971 during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. It was the first warship sunk in action by a submarine since World War II. It is the post-independence Indian navy's only warship to have been lost in war.

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1971-12-03T00:00:00Z

1971-12-03T00:00:00Z

Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

1971-12-02T00:00:00Z

1971-12-02T00:00:00Z

Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971

1971-12-09T00:00:00Z

1971-12-09T00:00:00Z

shipwrecking

1956-11-20T00:00:00Z

1956-11-20T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1955-12-29T00:00:00Z

1955-12-29T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1958-07-16T00:00:00Z

1958-07-16T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

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Frameless

Deepak Shankarrao Shinde and Mahesh Shankarrao Shinde, sons of INS Khukri crew member LCK (S) S. Shinde, pay homage to their father at the National War Memorial 02

Deepak Shankarrao Shinde and Mahesh Shankarrao Shinde, sons of INS Khukri crew member LCK (S) S. Shinde, pay homage to their father at the National War Memorial 01

INS Khukri crew member V. Venugopal

INS Khukri crew member V. Venugopal 02

Unidentified Indonesian ship refilling, Jalesveva Jayamahe, p57

Unidentified Indonesian ship at full steam, Jalesveva Jayamahe, p57

Model of INS Khukri at memorial of the ship, 2012

Engraved stone about INS Khukri at the ship's memorial

INS Khukri (F149)

Phool Wati Devi, widow of INS Khukri's Leading Mechanical Engineer S.S. Malhan, paying homage to her husband at the National War Memorial

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	shipwreck		INS Khukri	Blackwood-class anti-submarine frigate, shipwreck, frigate	Wikidata
commons	image		Deepak Shankarrao Shinde and Mahesh Shankarrao Shinde, sons of INS Khukri crew member LCK (S) S. Shinde, pay homage to their father at the National War Memorial 02		Commons
commons	image		Deepak Shankarrao Shinde and Mahesh Shankarrao Shinde, sons of INS Khukri crew member LCK (S) S. Shinde, pay homage to their father at the National War Memorial 01		Commons
commons	image		INS Khukri crew member V. Venugopal		Commons
commons	image		INS Khukri crew member V. Venugopal 02		Commons
commons	image		Unidentified Indonesian ship refilling, Jalesveva Jayamahe, p57		Commons
commons	image		Unidentified Indonesian ship at full steam, Jalesveva Jayamahe, p57		Commons
commons	image		Model of INS Khukri at memorial of the ship, 2012		Commons
commons	image		Engraved stone about INS Khukri at the ship's memorial		Commons
commons	image		INS Khukri (F149)		Commons
commons	image		Phool Wati Devi, widow of INS Khukri's Leading Mechanical Engineer S.S. Malhan, paying homage to her husband at the National War Memorial		Commons