A huge fire on the warship INS Brahmaputra on July 21 damaged it, and the Navy is now looking for international salvage experts to help fix it. During repairs at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, the ship caught fire and leaned heavily to one side (port side).
The incident did a lot of damage to INS Brahmaputra, which caused water to build up during the firefighting that started right away.
Another junior sailor died because of what happened. As part of the Western Fleet, the 24-year-old INS Brahmaputra had been sent on important missions. It was now in the final stages of being fixed up before it could start working again.
The Navy has also started a salvage operation to get the ship back into service, while a board of inquiry led by a 2-star Naval officer looks into what caused the fire.
It could take at least six months and up to more than a year for INS Brahmaputra to be fully operational again after the damage assessment is done.
To turn the ship around and figure out how bad the damage is will take about two to three months. The schedule suggests that the Navy may have to wait more than a year before INS Brahmaputra can be fully used.
As of right now, the Navy is in touch with foreign agencies that can help them figure out how many people were killed on INS Brahmaputra. The Western Naval Command is in charge of getting this big warship ready for service.
There are 120 warships in the Indian Navy. The other two are of the Brahmaputra class and are called INS Betwa and INS Beas.
On July 23, two days after the fire, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi went to Mumbai. He went over the events that led to the accident and was told about the plan to find and fix the ship so that it can work again as soon as possible.
He ordered that the Command and Naval Headquarters start right away doing everything they needed to do to get INS Brahmaputra ready for battle.
The Navy set up a Special Task Force to look over all of their safety and security procedures while they are operating as a whole.
The officer in charge of this Special Task Force is a Rear Admiral, and they will work with the Naval Headquarters.
