Naval Vessel Sinks

Eleven Chinese naval vessels were detected around Taiwan, Taipei's defence ministry said on Wednesday, the highest number this year as a row between the island and China over a fatal fishing boat incident drags on.

Five fishermen were rescued by an Indian Naval ship from a sinking fishing vessel off the north Kerala coast on Monday, a defence spokesman said today

A Russian naval intelligence ship sank off Turkey's Black Sea coast after colliding with a vessel carrying livestock on Thursday and all 78 personnel on board were evacuated.

Sri Lankan Naval personnel allegedly attacked Tamil Nadu fishermen with stones besides ramming and sinking a mechanised boat and destroying fishing nets of several other vessels off Dhanushkodi, a Fishermen Association functionary said on Thursday.

Nearly 18 hours after a naval ship sank off the coastal city of Visakhapatnam, an extensive search operation is underway to locate four people who remain missing after the accident. One sailor died and 23 others on the ship were rescued last night after the ship sank at about 8 pm. Every person on the ship was wearing a life jacket, said officials.

It's been nearly 12 hours since a Torpedo Recovery Vessel of the Navy sank off the coast of Visakhapatnam, but there has been no trace of the four missing personnel who were on board. One person was killed and 23 others were rescued when the vessel started sinking last evening.

One person has died and four others are missing after a small naval auxiliary vessel sunk outside the Visakhapatnam harbour today.

The INS Sindhurakshak has completely sunk now. There is no information yet on the 18 sailors believed to be trapped inside. Naval divers have entered the submarine.

A Maldivian vessel, being towed to a breaking yard at Azhikkal port in Kannur, sank off Kochi and efforts are on to clear the wreckage from near the coast. The 70-metre-long vessel, M V Sea Angel, was being taken to Kannur for being dismantled as scrap, when she sank off Kochi waters on July one, a Naval press release said today.

South Korea's military scrambled naval vessels to the western waters near the disputed maritime border with rival North Korea late on Friday.

Eleven Chinese naval vessels were detected around Taiwan, Taipei's defence ministry said on Wednesday, the highest number this year as a row between the island and China over a fatal fishing boat incident drags on.

Five fishermen were rescued by an Indian Naval ship from a sinking fishing vessel off the north Kerala coast on Monday, a defence spokesman said today

A Russian naval intelligence ship sank off Turkey's Black Sea coast after colliding with a vessel carrying livestock on Thursday and all 78 personnel on board were evacuated.

Sri Lankan Naval personnel allegedly attacked Tamil Nadu fishermen with stones besides ramming and sinking a mechanised boat and destroying fishing nets of several other vessels off Dhanushkodi, a Fishermen Association functionary said on Thursday.

Nearly 18 hours after a naval ship sank off the coastal city of Visakhapatnam, an extensive search operation is underway to locate four people who remain missing after the accident. One sailor died and 23 others on the ship were rescued last night after the ship sank at about 8 pm. Every person on the ship was wearing a life jacket, said officials.

It's been nearly 12 hours since a Torpedo Recovery Vessel of the Navy sank off the coast of Visakhapatnam, but there has been no trace of the four missing personnel who were on board. One person was killed and 23 others were rescued when the vessel started sinking last evening.

One person has died and four others are missing after a small naval auxiliary vessel sunk outside the Visakhapatnam harbour today.

The INS Sindhurakshak has completely sunk now. There is no information yet on the 18 sailors believed to be trapped inside. Naval divers have entered the submarine.

A Maldivian vessel, being towed to a breaking yard at Azhikkal port in Kannur, sank off Kochi and efforts are on to clear the wreckage from near the coast. The 70-metre-long vessel, M V Sea Angel, was being taken to Kannur for being dismantled as scrap, when she sank off Kochi waters on July one, a Naval press release said today.

South Korea's military scrambled naval vessels to the western waters near the disputed maritime border with rival North Korea late on Friday.