INS Godavari decommissioned

INS Godavari Decommissioned

Question: Name warship which has been decommissioned recently by Indian navy?

(a) INS Ayudh
(b) INS Chakra
(c) INS Godavari
(d) INS Cauvery

Ans (c)

Related facts:

  • India’s first indigenously designed and built warship Indian Navy Service (INS) Godavari was on 23 December 2015 decommissioned in Naval Dockyard Mumbai.
  • It was commissioned into the Navy on 10 December 1983.
  • In three decades of glorious and action packed service to the nation INS Godavari had also participated in numerous operations with ‘Operation Cactus’ thwarting a coup d’état in Maldives in 1988 being a prominent one.

Reference:

http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/first-indigenously-designed-and-built-frigate-ins-godavari-decommissioned

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/indias-first-indigenously-designed-built-frigate-ins-godavari-to-be-decommissioned/articleshow/50268267.cms

http://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/ins-godavari-first-indigenously-designed-warship-decommissioned-in-mumbai-1258393