INS Nistar
INS Nistar was a submarine rescue vessel of the Indian Navy. It was bought from reserve stock of the USSR in 1969 and was commissioned by the Indian Navy in 1971. The ship having a displacement of 800 tonnes had the capability of rescuing the crew of a disabled submarine from deep depths, using a "rescue bell", by the dry escape method, which avoided problems associated with decompression. Nistar was used in December during Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 to locate Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Ghazi, which sank off the port of Vizag.[1]
Nistar was decommissioned on 3 November 1989. Some of her equipment such as diving bell were later bequeathed to diving tender INS Nireekshak.[2]
References
- http://indiannavy.nic.in/book/naval-operations-eastern-naval-command?page=0,34
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 July 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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