INS Veer (K82)

History
 Indian Navy
Name: INS Veer
Commissioned: 2 April 1971
Decommissioned: 31 December 1982
General characteristics
Class & type: Vidyut class missile boat
Displacement: 245 tons (full load)[1]
Length: 38.6 meters
Beam: 7.6 meters
Speed: 37+ knots
Complement: 30
Armament:
  • 4 × SS-N-2A Styx AShM
  • 2 × AK-230 30mm guns

INS Veer (K82) was a Vidyut class missile boat of the Indian Navy.[2][3]

INS Veer was a part of the 25th "Killer" Missile Squadron of the Indian Navy.

Operation Trident

During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, INS Veer was one of the 3 missile boats in the Operation Trident task force. On the afternoon of 4 December, the strike group made its way towards Karachi.

Late that evening, around 70 miles south of Karachi, the Veer detected a large Pakistan Navy target, later identified as the minesweeper PNS Muhafiz on patrol to its north. Veer launched 1 SS-N-2 Styx missile on the target, sinking PNS Muhafiz.[4]

Other vessels of strike group sank a Pakistan Navy destroyer, PNS Khaibar and the merchant ship MV Venus Challenger, and caused irreparable damage to the destroyer PNS Shah Jahan (DD-962).

Lieutenant Commander Om Prakash Mehta, the Commanding Officer of the Veer was awarded the Vir Chakra for his role during the operation.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Indian Naval Ships-Missile Boat - Chamak Class". Indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
  2. ↑ John Pike (1971-12-04). "K83 Vidyut (Sov Osa-I) / K90 Viyut (Sov Osa-II)". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
  3. ↑ "NAVY - Osa I Class". Bharat-Rakshak.com. 1971-10-28. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
  4. ↑ "Chapter-10". Indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
  5. ↑ "Chapter-42". Indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
  6. ↑ "Indian Navy". Indian Navy. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
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