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Thursday, October 21, 2010

Naval ship INS Dunagiri decommissioned

Nilgiri classAfter having served the Indian Navy for 33 years, Indian Naval Ship (INS) Dunagiri was decommissioned on Wednesday.

Named after one of the Himalayan peaks, INS Dunagiri entered service on May 5, 1977, along with other vessels of its Nilgiri class to form the 14th Frigate
Squadron.

Vice-admiral (retired) S Jain was INS Dunagiri’s first commanding officer and went on to become the flag-officer-commanding-in-chief of the Western Naval Command.

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