Mumbai: Indian warship INS Vindhyagiri, which had caught fire after colliding with a merchant vessel off Mumbai Harbour on Sunday, sank on Monday despite frantic efforts by the Navy to save it.
The situation on the warship had turned worse after efforts to douse the raging fire caused flooding on the deck. The warship had tilted dangerously after the flooding.
The warship of the Nilgiri class had collided with the container vessel MV Nordlake at around 5.00 pm on Sunday but there were no casualties.
The fire had started in the engine room this morning when the warship was brought to the naval dockyard for assessing the damage, sources said.
While the naval frigate was entering the Mumbai Harbour after celebrating "a day at sea" with naval personnel and their families, MV Nordlake, loaded with containers, was navigating out of the harbour.
The collision took place in the main navigation channel used by all vessels to enter both Mumbai Port Trust and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.
Though there were no casualties or oil spill after the collision, the container ship was detained for further investigations.
All onboard the warship were evacuated safely in time yesterday.
Vindhyagiri was a 3,000-tonne, 20-year-old frigate commissioned in the Navy in 1981.
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