INS Nistar was a submarine rescue vessel of the Indian Navy.
It was bought from reserve stock of the USSR in 1969 and was commissioned by the Indian Navy in 1971. The ship having a displacement of 800 tonnes had the capability of rescuing the crew of a disabled submarine from deep depths, using a "rescue bell", by the dry escape method, which avoided problems associated with decompression.
Nistar was used during Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 to locate Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Ghazi, which sank off the port of Vizag.[1]
Nistar was decommissioned on 3 November 1989. Some of her equipment such as diving bell were later bequeathed to diving tender INS Nireekshak.[2]
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- ↑ "Books | Indian Navy".
- ↑ "Submarine Escape and Rescue in the Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 24 July 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2013.