INS VALSURA and INS VAGSHEER Flashcards
What is president’s colour?
Highest award bestowed on a military unit in India
1st Indian Armed force to be awarded the p[resident color in 1951(Rajendra Prasad)
INDIAN NAVY
Traditionally how many kinds of symbols asssociiated with colours?
4 kinds
1-Standards
2-Guidons
3-Colours
4-Banners
Where was the word VALSURA derived from?
Combinations of two Tamil words “VAAL”(sword)+”SORRAH”(shark)
swordfish is also name of which aircraft name?
SEcond world war TORPEDO CARRYING AIRCRAFT
INS VALSURA establishment commissioned by?
15th december,1942(MAHARANI GULAB KUNVERBA SAHIBA NAWANAGAR)
Old name of INS VALSURA?
HMIS Valsura
When was it renamed as INS VALSURA?
1st July,1950
What is VAGHSHEER named after?
sand fish(Indian Ocean)
Where does submarine Vaghsheer belong to?
Russia
When was INS VAGHSHEER commissioned into Indian navy?
december 1974
When was INS Vaghsheer decommissioned?
1997
How many anti-torpedo countermeasure system can it enable?
C303 ANTI TORPEDO COUNTERMEASURE SYSTEM
18 torpedos
PROJECT-75 approved in?
1999
How many submarines contract given?
contract for 6 submarines
1-INS KALVARI
2-INS Khanderi
3-INS Karanj
4-INS Vela
5-INS VAGIR
6-INS Vaghsheer