Naval vessel sinks off Visakhapatnam harbour, sailor killed, 4 missing

In yet another tragic accident in the Navy, a sailor was killed and another four were reported missing after a torpedo recovery vessel (TRV) sank 30 nautical miles south of Visakhapatnam at about 8pm on Thursday.

Till late in the night, hectic search and rescue operations were in progress to find the missing personnel.

The mishap took place when the aging 110-tonne TRV A-72, which was commissioned way back in February 1983, was on a routine mission to "recover" practice mines and torpedoes fired by fleet warships off the Vizag coast in the evening.

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