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	==January 2011 collision==		==January 2011 collision==
	On 30 January 2011, ''Vindhyagiri'' collided with the Cyprus-flagged MV ''Nordlake'' near [[Sunk Rock Lighthouse\|Sunk Rock lighthouse]] at the entrance of Mumbai harbour at 3:30 pm. Several civilians, including family members of the crew, were on board at the time of the incident. No casualties were reported.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/INS-Vindhyagiri-goes-down/Article1-656939.aspx \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203013128/http://www.hindustantimes.com/INS-Vindhyagiri-goes-down/Article1-656939.aspx \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=3 February 2011 \|title=INS Vindhyagiri goes down \|work=Hindustan Times\|access-date=1 February ~~2022~~}}</ref> The collision caused major damage in the hull of the ship, affecting the boiler room and motor room. The collision also caused a major fire to break out, which took more than 15 hours to control.		On 30 January 2011, ''Vindhyagiri'' collided with the Cyprus-flagged MV ''Nordlake'' near [[Sunk Rock Lighthouse\|Sunk Rock lighthouse]] at the entrance of Mumbai harbour at 3:30 pm. Several civilians, including family members of the crew, were on board at the time of the incident. No casualties were reported.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/INS-Vindhyagiri-goes-down/Article1-656939.aspx \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203013128/http://www.hindustantimes.com/INS-Vindhyagiri-goes-down/Article1-656939.aspx \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=3 February 2011 \|title=INS Vindhyagiri goes down \|work=Hindustan Times\|access-date=1 February 2011}}</ref> The collision caused major damage in the hull of the ship, affecting the boiler room and motor room. The collision also caused a major fire to break out, which took more than 15 hours to control.

	On 31 January 2011, ''Vindhyagiri'' settled on the sea bed at Berth No 5 the Mumbai Naval Dockyard due to flooding in some of its compartments from the collision and fire.<ref>{{cite news\|first=Yogesh \| last=Naik \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Navy-warship-INS-Vindhyagiri-capsizes/articleshow/7395672.cms \|title=Navy warship INS Vindhyagiri capsizes \| newspaper=The Times of India \|date=31 January 2011 \| access-date=28 May 2013 }}</ref>		On 31 January 2011, ''Vindhyagiri'' settled on the sea bed at Berth No 5 the Mumbai Naval Dockyard due to flooding in some of its compartments from the collision and fire.<ref>{{cite news\|first=Yogesh \| last=Naik \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Navy-warship-INS-Vindhyagiri-capsizes/articleshow/7395672.cms \|title=Navy warship INS Vindhyagiri capsizes \| newspaper=The Times of India \|date=31 January 2011 \| access-date=28 May 2013 }}</ref>
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	Chief Public Relations Officer (Defence) Captain M. Nambiar told ''The Hindu'' newspaper that: "The place where the ship is berthed hardly has enough water. It is just seven metres deep. The ship touched the bottom because of flooding in some compartments. She is on the sea bed. Of course, she can be recovered."<ref>{{cite news\|first=Vinaya \|last=Deshpande \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article1142515.ece \|title=States / Other States: INS Vindhyagiri lists, touches sea bed due to flooding \|work=The Hindu\|date= 31 January 2011\|access-date=1 February 2011 \|location=Chennai, India}}</ref>		Chief Public Relations Officer (Defence) Captain M. Nambiar told ''The Hindu'' newspaper that: "The place where the ship is berthed hardly has enough water. It is just seven metres deep. The ship touched the bottom because of flooding in some compartments. She is on the sea bed. Of course, she can be recovered."<ref>{{cite news\|first=Vinaya \|last=Deshpande \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article1142515.ece \|title=States / Other States: INS Vindhyagiri lists, touches sea bed due to flooding \|work=The Hindu\|date= 31 January 2011\|access-date=1 February 2011 \|location=Chennai, India}}</ref>

	After spending close to five months on the seabed, the ship was raised by the Titan Salvage company, with the assistance of the naval architect firm Salvage Master and a 24-hour diving crew. The procedure started with patches to the hull, followed by using multiple pumps to remove the water from inside the wreck, all while a [[floating crane\|giant floating crane]] lifted the wreck and kept it stable while the salvage crew performed their work.<ref>{{cite news\|first=Kavitha \|last=Iyer \|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ins-vindhyagiri-rises-from-sea/806870/ \|title=INS Vindhyagiri rises from sea \|work=The Indian Express\|date= 22 June 2011\|access-date=22 November ~~2022~~}}</ref>		After spending close to five months on the seabed, the ship was raised by the Titan Salvage company, with the assistance of the naval architect firm Salvage Master and a 24-hour diving crew. The procedure started with patches to the hull, followed by using multiple pumps to remove the water from inside the wreck, all while a [[floating crane\|giant floating crane]] lifted the wreck and kept it stable while the salvage crew performed their work.<ref>{{cite news\|first=Kavitha \|last=Iyer \|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ins-vindhyagiri-rises-from-sea/806870/ \|title=INS Vindhyagiri rises from sea \|work=The Indian Express\|date= 22 June 2011\|access-date=22 November 2012}}</ref>

	==Decommissioning==		==Decommissioning==
	On 8 May 2012, the Bombay High Court granted permission to the Indian Navy to decommission and destroy the ship after one ammunition chamber could not be emptied. It was due to be expended as a target.<ref>{{cite web \| url =http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3398454.ece \| title = INS Vindhyagiri, stuck with ammunition, to be destroyed; court informed of accord \| work = [[The Hindu]] \| date = 9 May 2012 \| access-date = 9 May ~~2022~~}}</ref> The ship was decommissioned subsequently on 11 June 2012.		On 8 May 2012, the Bombay High Court granted permission to the Indian Navy to decommission and destroy the ship after one ammunition chamber could not be emptied. It was due to be expended as a target.<ref>{{cite web \| url =http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3398454.ece \| title = INS Vindhyagiri, stuck with ammunition, to be destroyed; court informed of accord \| work = [[The Hindu]] \| date = 9 May 2012 \| access-date = 9 May 2012}}</ref> The ship was decommissioned subsequently on 11 June 2012.

	==References==		==References==

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	==Coup attempts==		==Coup attempts==
	{{Main\|Operation Flowers are Blooming}}		{{Main\|Operation Flowers are Blooming}}
	In 1986, there was a series of coup attempts against President René led by the Seychelles Minister of Defence, [[~~Ogilvyi~~ Berlouis]]. This included a plot in June 1986, codenamed Operation ''Distant Lash'', which involved some 30 mercenaries and 350 Seychellois.<ref>{{citation\|author= David Hebditch and Ken Connor \|title= How to Stage a Military Coup: From Planning to Execution (London: Greenhill, 2005), p.155.}}</ref>		In 1986, there was a series of coup attempts against President René led by the Seychelles Minister of Defence, [[Ogilvy Berlouis]]. This included a plot in June 1986, codenamed Operation ''Distant Lash'', which involved some 30 mercenaries and 350 Seychellois.<ref>{{citation\|author= David Hebditch and Ken Connor \|title= How to Stage a Military Coup: From Planning to Execution (London: Greenhill, 2005), p.155.}}</ref>

	When [[New Delhi]] was informed of an impending coup by intelligence sources, Prime Minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]] personally contacted the Indian Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral [[Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani]], with a verbal request to provide assistance to René. Coincidentally, the Indian Navy had already dispatched the ''Vindhyagiri'' on a scheduled visit to Seychelles. It was decided that on arrival ''Vindhyagiri'' would report an engineering defect requiring an extended stay in [[Victoria, Seychelles\|Port Victoria]]. A senior Indian naval officer was then sent to the Seychelles on a commercial airline to command the operation and an "engineering" team of 20 sailors trained in weapons was readied for dispatch to Port Victoria. The extended presence of the ''Vindhyagiri'' in Port Victoria averted the planned coup.		When [[New Delhi]] was informed of an impending coup by intelligence sources, Prime Minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]] personally contacted the Indian Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral [[Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani]], with a verbal request to provide assistance to René. Coincidentally, the Indian Navy had already dispatched the ''Vindhyagiri'' on a scheduled visit to Seychelles. It was decided that on arrival ''Vindhyagiri'' would report an engineering defect requiring an extended stay in [[Victoria, Seychelles\|Port Victoria]]. A senior Indian naval officer was then sent to the Seychelles on a commercial airline to command the operation and an "engineering" team of 20 sailors trained in weapons was readied for dispatch to Port Victoria. The extended presence of the ''Vindhyagiri'' in Port Victoria averted the planned coup.

	==January 2011 collision==		==January 2011 collision==
	On 30 January 2011, ''Vindhyagiri'' collided with the Cyprus-flagged MV ''Nordlake'' near [[Sunk Rock Lighthouse\|Sunk Rock lighthouse]] at the entrance of Mumbai harbour at 3:30 pm. Several civilians, including family members of the crew, were on board at the time of the incident. No casualties were reported.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/INS-Vindhyagiri-goes-down/Article1-656939.aspx \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203013128/http://www.hindustantimes.com/INS-Vindhyagiri-goes-down/Article1-656939.aspx \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=3 February 2011 \|title=INS Vindhyagiri goes down \|work=Hindustan Times\|access-date=1 February ~~2011~~}}</ref> The collision caused major damage in the hull of the ship, affecting the boiler room and motor room. The collision also caused a major fire to break out, which took more than 15 hours to control.		On 30 January 2011, ''Vindhyagiri'' collided with the Cyprus-flagged MV ''Nordlake'' near [[Sunk Rock Lighthouse\|Sunk Rock lighthouse]] at the entrance of Mumbai harbour at 3:30 pm. Several civilians, including family members of the crew, were on board at the time of the incident. No casualties were reported.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/INS-Vindhyagiri-goes-down/Article1-656939.aspx \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203013128/http://www.hindustantimes.com/INS-Vindhyagiri-goes-down/Article1-656939.aspx \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=3 February 2011 \|title=INS Vindhyagiri goes down \|work=Hindustan Times\|access-date=1 February 2022}}</ref> The collision caused major damage in the hull of the ship, affecting the boiler room and motor room. The collision also caused a major fire to break out, which took more than 15 hours to control.

	On 31 January 2011, ''Vindhyagiri'' settled on the sea bed at Berth No 5 the Mumbai Naval Dockyard due to flooding in some of its compartments from the collision and fire.<ref>{{cite news\|first=Yogesh \| last=Naik \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Navy-warship-INS-Vindhyagiri-capsizes/articleshow/7395672.cms \|title=Navy warship INS Vindhyagiri capsizes \| newspaper=The Times of India \|date=31 January 2011 \| access-date=28 May 2013 }}</ref>		On 31 January 2011, ''Vindhyagiri'' settled on the sea bed at Berth No 5 the Mumbai Naval Dockyard due to flooding in some of its compartments from the collision and fire.<ref>{{cite news\|first=Yogesh \| last=Naik \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Navy-warship-INS-Vindhyagiri-capsizes/articleshow/7395672.cms \|title=Navy warship INS Vindhyagiri capsizes \| newspaper=The Times of India \|date=31 January 2011 \| access-date=28 May 2013 }}</ref>
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	Chief Public Relations Officer (Defence) Captain M. Nambiar told ''The Hindu'' newspaper that: "The place where the ship is berthed hardly has enough water. It is just seven metres deep. The ship touched the bottom because of flooding in some compartments. She is on the sea bed. Of course, she can be recovered."<ref>{{cite news\|first=Vinaya \|last=Deshpande \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article1142515.ece \|title=States / Other States: INS Vindhyagiri lists, touches sea bed due to flooding \|work=The Hindu\|date= 31 January 2011\|access-date=1 February 2011 \|location=Chennai, India}}</ref>		Chief Public Relations Officer (Defence) Captain M. Nambiar told ''The Hindu'' newspaper that: "The place where the ship is berthed hardly has enough water. It is just seven metres deep. The ship touched the bottom because of flooding in some compartments. She is on the sea bed. Of course, she can be recovered."<ref>{{cite news\|first=Vinaya \|last=Deshpande \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article1142515.ece \|title=States / Other States: INS Vindhyagiri lists, touches sea bed due to flooding \|work=The Hindu\|date= 31 January 2011\|access-date=1 February 2011 \|location=Chennai, India}}</ref>

	After spending close to five months on the seabed, the ship was raised by the Titan Salvage company, with the assistance of the naval architect firm Salvage Master and a 24-hour diving crew. The procedure started with patches to the hull, followed by using multiple pumps to remove the water from inside the wreck, all while a [[floating crane\|giant floating crane]] lifted the wreck and kept it stable while the salvage crew performed their work.<ref>{{cite news\|first=Kavitha \|last=Iyer \|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ins-vindhyagiri-rises-from-sea/806870/ \|title=INS Vindhyagiri rises from sea \|work=The Indian Express\|date= 22 June 2011\|access-date=22 November ~~2012~~}}</ref>		After spending close to five months on the seabed, the ship was raised by the Titan Salvage company, with the assistance of the naval architect firm Salvage Master and a 24-hour diving crew. The procedure started with patches to the hull, followed by using multiple pumps to remove the water from inside the wreck, all while a [[floating crane\|giant floating crane]] lifted the wreck and kept it stable while the salvage crew performed their work.<ref>{{cite news\|first=Kavitha \|last=Iyer \|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ins-vindhyagiri-rises-from-sea/806870/ \|title=INS Vindhyagiri rises from sea \|work=The Indian Express\|date= 22 June 2011\|access-date=22 November 2022}}</ref>

	==Decommissioning==		==Decommissioning==
	On 8 May 2012, the Bombay High Court granted permission to the Indian Navy to decommission and destroy the ship after one ammunition chamber could not be emptied. It was due to be expended as a target.<ref>{{cite web \| url =http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3398454.ece \| title = INS Vindhyagiri, stuck with ammunition, to be destroyed; court informed of accord \| work = [[The Hindu]] \| date = 9 May 2012 \| access-date = 9 May ~~2012~~}}</ref> The ship was decommissioned subsequently on 11 June 2012.		On 8 May 2012, the Bombay High Court granted permission to the Indian Navy to decommission and destroy the ship after one ammunition chamber could not be emptied. It was due to be expended as a target.<ref>{{cite web \| url =http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3398454.ece \| title = INS Vindhyagiri, stuck with ammunition, to be destroyed; court informed of accord \| work = [[The Hindu]] \| date = 9 May 2012 \| access-date = 9 May 2022}}</ref> The ship was decommissioned subsequently on 11 June 2012.

	==References==		==References==

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'''INS ''Vindhyagiri''''' was a {{sclass|Nilgiri|frigate|1||1972}} of the [[Indian Navy]]. ''Vindhyagiri'' was commissioned on 8 July 1981. After nearly thirty years of service, she sank a few hours after colliding with a merchant vessel on 30 January 2011. Although she was subsequently salvaged, the navy decommissioned her on 11 June 2012, a year before her envisaged decommissioning date. ''Vindhyagiri'' served for 31 years, including a period as the flagship of the [[Western Naval Command]].

==Coup attempts==
{{Main|Operation Flowers are Blooming}}
In 1986, there was a series of coup attempts against President René led by the Seychelles Minister of Defence, [[Ogilvyi Berlouis]]. This included a plot in June 1986, codenamed Operation ''Distant Lash'', which involved some 30 mercenaries and 350 Seychellois.<ref>{{citation|author= David Hebditch and Ken Connor |title= How to Stage a Military Coup: From Planning to Execution (London: Greenhill, 2005), p.155.}}</ref>

When [[New Delhi]] was informed of an impending coup by intelligence sources, Prime Minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]] personally contacted the Indian Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral [[Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani]], with a verbal request to provide assistance to René. Coincidentally, the Indian Navy had already dispatched the ''Vindhyagiri'' on a scheduled visit to Seychelles. It was decided that on arrival ''Vindhyagiri'' would report an engineering defect requiring an extended stay in [[Victoria, Seychelles|Port Victoria]]. A senior Indian naval officer was then sent to the Seychelles on a commercial airline to command the operation and an "engineering" team of 20 sailors trained in weapons was readied for dispatch to Port Victoria. The extended presence of the ''Vindhyagiri'' in Port Victoria averted the planned coup.

==January 2011 collision==
On 30 January 2011, ''Vindhyagiri'' collided with the Cyprus-flagged MV ''Nordlake'' near [[Sunk Rock Lighthouse|Sunk Rock lighthouse]] at the entrance of Mumbai harbour at 3:30 pm. Several civilians, including family members of the crew, were on board at the time of the incident. No casualties were reported.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/INS-Vindhyagiri-goes-down/Article1-656939.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203013128/http://www.hindustantimes.com/INS-Vindhyagiri-goes-down/Article1-656939.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 February 2011 |title=INS Vindhyagiri goes down |work=Hindustan Times|access-date=1 February 2011}}</ref> The collision caused major damage in the hull of the ship, affecting the boiler room and motor room. The collision also caused a major fire to break out, which took more than 15 hours to control.

On 31 January 2011, ''Vindhyagiri'' settled on the sea bed at Berth No 5 the Mumbai Naval Dockyard due to flooding in some of its compartments from the collision and fire.<ref>{{cite news|first=Yogesh | last=Naik |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Navy-warship-INS-Vindhyagiri-capsizes/articleshow/7395672.cms |title=Navy warship INS Vindhyagiri capsizes | newspaper=The Times of India |date=31 January 2011 | access-date=28 May 2013 }}</ref>

Chief Public Relations Officer (Defence) Captain M. Nambiar told ''The Hindu'' newspaper that: "The place where the ship is berthed hardly has enough water. It is just seven metres deep. The ship touched the bottom because of flooding in some compartments. She is on the sea bed. Of course, she can be recovered."<ref>{{cite news|first=Vinaya |last=Deshpande |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article1142515.ece |title=States / Other States: INS Vindhyagiri lists, touches sea bed due to flooding |work=The Hindu|date= 31 January 2011|access-date=1 February 2011 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref>

After spending close to five months on the seabed, the ship was raised by the Titan Salvage company, with the assistance of the naval architect firm Salvage Master and a 24-hour diving crew. The procedure started with patches to the hull, followed by using multiple pumps to remove the water from inside the wreck, all while a [[floating crane|giant floating crane]] lifted the wreck and kept it stable while the salvage crew performed their work.<ref>{{cite news|first=Kavitha |last=Iyer |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ins-vindhyagiri-rises-from-sea/806870/ |title=INS Vindhyagiri rises from sea |work=The Indian Express|date= 22 June 2011|access-date=22 November 2012}}</ref>

==Decommissioning==
On 8 May 2012, the Bombay High Court granted permission to the Indian Navy to decommission and destroy the ship after one ammunition chamber could not be emptied. It was due to be expended as a target.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3398454.ece | title = INS Vindhyagiri, stuck with ammunition, to be destroyed; court informed of accord | work = [[The Hindu]] | date = 9 May 2012 | access-date = 9 May 2012}}</ref> The ship was decommissioned subsequently on 11 June 2012.

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