Diu Administration will develop INS Khukri into a full-scale Museum

INS Khukri was a lead ship of the Indian Navy’s Khukri class corvettes. It was an indigenous surface-to-surface missile fitted vessel. The ship served both the Western and Eastern Fleets since it was commissioned on 23 August 1989.

This ship will now be handed over to the Diu Administration on 26 January 2022. According to the Ministry of Defence, "Built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, the ship was commissioned on 23 August 1989 in Mumbai by Shri Krishna Chandra Pant, the then Hon’ble Raksha Mantri and Mrs. Sudha Mulla, wife of late Capt Mahendra Nath Mulla, MVC."

"After more than 32 glorious years of service to the nation and having participated in all forms of naval operations, the ship was decommissioned in a solemn ceremony on 23 December 2021 when the national flag, naval ensign and decommissioning pennant were lowered at sunset in the presence of Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta, AVSM, YSM, VSM, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command," the Ministry said.

On the 73rd Republic Day, the ship will be handed over to the Diu Administration that have planned to develop it into a full-scale museum.

“As part of developing and revitalising the Khukri Memorial, the Diu Administration had approached the Ministry of Defence in 2019 for gifting to it, for public display, a decommissioned naval vessel. As it turned out, it was time for the second Khukri to be paid off. This is the vessel that will be handed over officially to the Diu Administration. The ship commenced her last journey under tow by Indian Navy ships from Visakhapatnam and arrived at Diu on 14 January 2022,” the Defence Ministry said.

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