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INS <i>Tir</i> (A86)

INS Tir (A86)

Training ship of the Indian Navy

For other ships with the same name, see INS Tir.

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.[1] She is the senior ship of the 1st Training Squadron of the Southern Naval Command.

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INS Tir was commissioned on 21 February 1986.[2] 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.[3]

INS Tir is named after HMIS Tir, a River-class 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.[4]

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.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Navy - Ins Tir". Bharat-Rakshak.com. 21 February 1986. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Warships - Tir". Pages.intnet.mu. 15 April 1983. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  3. [3]
    "World Navies Today: India". Hazegray.org. 25 March 2002. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  4. [4]
    Anandan, S. (6 February 2011). "Navy, Coast Guard bust another pirate band". The Hindu. Chennai, India.
  5. [5]
    S. Anandan (6 February 2011). "News / National : Navy, Coast Guard bust another pirate band". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  6. [6]
    "Indian navy captures 28 pirates from Thai vessel". The Times of India. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 9 February 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
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