Astravahini-class torpedo recovery vessel

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The Astravahini class of torpedo recovery vessels are a series of naval auxiliary watercraft built by Goa Shipyard Limited and P.S. & Company for the Indian Navy.^[1] They are intended to recover practice torpedoes and mines, fired and laid by ships, submarines and 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.^[2]^[3]

Ships in the class

Ships in the class
Yard no^[4]	IMO number^[5]	Pennant no	Commission	Decommission	Builder	Notes
1083	7804077	A71	15 September 1982	25 March 2005	GSL	Torpedo Recovery Vessel
1084	7804089	A72	23 February 1983	Sunk 6 November 2014 ^[2]	GSL	Torpedo Recovery Vessel
		A73	5 November 1984^[6]	16 July 2015 ^[7]	P. S. & Company^[8]	Torpedo Launch and Recovery Vessel

Specification (A71 & A72)

Displacement: 110 tonnes^[9]
Speed: 11 knots
Dimension: 28.5 X 6.1 X 1.4 meters
Engine: 2 Kirloskar MAN 12 cyl. diesels, 2 props. 720 bhp
Crew: 13 total

References

^ "Surface Ships". Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Torpedo recovery vessel sinks near Vizag; 1 dead, 4 missing". rediff.com. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
^ Subrahmanyam, G. S. (7 November 2014). "Navy's auxiliary ship sinks off Vizag; sailor killed". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
^ "Product History". Goa Shipyard. Archived from the original on 6 July 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
^ "Ship Register Search | IRCLASS | Indian Register of Shipping". Archived from the original on 21 June 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
^ Military Year-book 1985-86 (Volume 18)
^ "INS Astravahini decommissioned". The Hindu. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
^ Ship & Boat International, Volume 37
^ The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems By Eric Wertheim