According to “The Times of
India” Russian made Kilo-class submarine INS Sindhughosh (S55) collided with a
fishing boat off the western coast late on Thursday night. Submarine was taking
part in naval exercise called Tropex (Theatre Readiness Operational Level
Exercise) in the Arabian Sea and was cruising at periscope depth at the time of
accident.
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INS Sindhughosh (S55) was practicing
special operation delivery in which divers swim out of its torpedo tubes with a
Gemini boat to carry out a covert land operation. It was very dark when
it all happened. There was no warning of any kind according to “The Times of
India”. After the collison sub surfaced and made its way to the naval dockyard at Mumbai, where
its damaged periscope will be repaired.
My question is how the hell
did it happen? Did sonar suddenly brake down or the captain of the ship did not
scan the surrounding for any surface vessels?
Kilos are some of the most
quiet subs and it really is hard for me to believe they didn’t hear that ship.
Was it a human error or
equipment malfunction? There will probably be an investigation on the matter. I
will keep you updated .
This is not the first accident
involving this sub. On 7 January 2008
INS Sindhughosh collided with a foreign merchant vessel - MV Leeds Castle -
while trying to surface in the seas north of Mumbai.
On 14 August 2013 it sustained
minor damage in a fire which caused explosions and the sinking of INS
Sindhurakshak.
On 17 January 2014 it run
aground due to the low tide, while returning into Naval Dockyard.
Bad
luck?
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