Khukri. ( Indian Navy ) - 1 photo.

This Indian Navy ASW frigate has the unfortunate honour of being the first warship lost in action to a torpedo since WW11. - The second was the Argentine Navies  "General Belgrano". - The "Khukri" was sunk during the "Indo - Pakistan war" of 1971 with the heaviest casualty list the Indian Navy has ever experienced. - 18 Officers and 176 men.

photo courtesy of Mr. Mark Teadham.

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