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[[File:Astravahini Class torpedo recovery vessel (A73).jpg|thumb|250px|Astravahini-class torpedo recovery vessel ''A73''.]] | [[File:Astravahini Class torpedo recovery vessel (A73).jpg|thumb|250px|Astravahini-class torpedo recovery vessel ''A73''.]] | ||
The '''Astravahini class''' of [[torpedo]] recovery vessels are a series of [[Navy|naval]] [[auxiliaries|auxiliary]] [[watercraft]] built by [[Goa Shipyard Limited]] and P.S. & Company for the [[Indian Navy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/print/84 |title=Surface Ships |accessdate=21 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325134508/http://indiannavy.nic.in/print/84 |archivedate=25 March 2015 }}</ref> They are intended to recover practice [[torpedo]]es and [[Naval mine|mines]], fired and laid by ships, [[submarine]]s and [[Military aircraft|aircraft]]. The vessels can stow two full-sized torpedoes on deck and two on a recovery ramp. | The '''Astravahini class''' of [[torpedo]] recovery vessels are a series of [[Navy|naval]] [[auxiliaries|auxiliary]] [[watercraft]] built by [[Goa Shipyard Limited]] and P.S. & Company for the [[Indian Navy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/print/84 |title=Surface Ships |accessdate=21 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325134508/http://indiannavy.nic.in/print/84 |archivedate=25 March 2015 }}</ref> They are intended to recover practice [[torpedo]]es and [[Naval mine|mines]], fired and laid by ships, [[submarine]]s and [[Military aircraft|aircraft]]. The vessels can stow two full-sized torpedoes on deck and two on a recovery ramp. | ||
The vessel ''A72'' sank on 6 November 2014 during a routine exercise near [[Visakhapatnam]] after taking on water, with one sailor dead and four missing.<ref name=rediff>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/defence-news-indian-navy-torpedo-recovery-vessel-sinks/20141106.htm |website=rediff.com |title=Torpedo recovery vessel sinks near Vizag; 1 dead, 4 missing |date=6 November 2014 |accessdate=27 June | The vessel ''A72'' sank on 6 November 2014 during a routine exercise near [[Visakhapatnam]] after taking on water, with one sailor dead and four missing.<ref name=rediff>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/defence-news-indian-navy-torpedo-recovery-vessel-sinks/20141106.htm |website=rediff.com |title=Torpedo recovery vessel sinks near Vizag; 1 dead, 4 missing |date=6 November 2014 |accessdate=27 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/one-dead-and-four-missing-as-navy-ship-sinks/article6571469.ece?homepage=true |title=Navy's auxiliary ship sinks off Vizag; sailor killed |first=G. S. |last=Subrahmanyam |newspaper=The Hindu |date=7 November 2014 |accessdate=27 June 2016}}</ref> | ||
==Ships in the class== | ==Ships in the class== | ||
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|1084 ||7804089 || ''A72'' || 23 February 1983 || Sunk 6 November 2014 <ref name=rediff/>|| GSL|| Torpedo Recovery Vessel | |1084 ||7804089 || ''A72'' || 23 February 1983 || Sunk 6 November 2014 <ref name=rediff/>|| GSL|| Torpedo Recovery Vessel | ||
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| || || ''A73'' || 5 November 1984<ref>Military Year-book 1985-86 (Volume 18)</ref>|| 16 July 2015 <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/ins-astravahini-decommissioned/article7432887.ece |title=INS Astravahini decommissioned |newspaper=The Hindu |date=17 July 2015 |accessdate=27 June | | || || ''A73'' || 5 November 1984<ref>Military Year-book 1985-86 (Volume 18)</ref>|| 16 July 2015 <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/ins-astravahini-decommissioned/article7432887.ece |title=INS Astravahini decommissioned |newspaper=The Hindu |date=17 July 2015 |accessdate=27 June 2016}}</ref> || P. S. & Company<ref>Ship & Boat International, Volume 37</ref> || Torpedo Launch and Recovery Vessel | ||
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