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This is a list of accidents that have taken place in the Indian Navy. The list may be incomplete for years before 2000. An article in India Today reports that since 1990, the Indian Navy has lost one warship in peacetime every five years. Since 2004, it has lost one naval combatant every two years. While peacetime losses of warships are not uncommon (since the World War II, the US Navy has lost 16 warships in accidents; Russia's nuclear submarine Kursk sank in August 2000 after a faulty torpedo exploded during a training exercise), the magazine mentioned that few global navies have such a dubious record.〔(Indian Navy's dubious safety record worrisome for national security : North, News - India Today )〕 According to the Times of India, while some of accidents reported since August 2013 were serious, many of them were trivial incidents exaggerated in public. These accidents have been attributed to ageing ships in need of maintenance (refit/repairs delayed in spite of laid down rules for refit cycles), delayed acquisitions by the Ministry of Defence, and human error.〔 However naval commentators also argue that as India's large navy of 160 ships clocks around 12,000 ship-days at sea every year, in varied waters and weather, some incidents are inevitable. Captains of erring ships are dismissed from their command following an enquiry. The accident on board INS Sindhuratna (S59) led to the resignation of the then Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral D K Joshi on 26 February 2014, who owned moral responsibility.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=The Times of India )〕 ==2000 - 2010== *December 2005: INS Trishul (F43), a Talwar-class frigate, collided with a commercial vessel, ''Ambuja Laxmi'', outside the Mumbai harbor, while returning from a training mission. These class of ships use stealth technologies and a special hull design to ensure a reduced radar cross section. Radar systems installed by the port authorities and those on board the ''Ambuja Laxmi'' were unable to detect INS Trishul and prevent the side on collision. No casualties were reported.〔(INS Sindhurakshak sinks with 18 sailors on board, submarine fleet suffers 'dent' - Hindustan Times )〕〔(Submarine fails to detect ship, collides - Hindustan Times )〕 * April 2006: INS Prahar (K98), Veer class corvette, sank after colliding with the ''MV Rajiv Gandhi'' vessel about 20 nautical miles away from the Goa coast. No casualties were reported. The commanding officer of the ship, Lieutenant Commander Yogesh Tripathi was found guilty of negligence by an Indian Navy court-martial and dismissed from service.〔(INS Prahar mishap: Captain found guilty of navigational error, sacked - Indian Express )〕 *September 2006: INS Dunagiri (F36), Nilgiri class frigate, collided with a Shipping Corporation of India merchant vessel, the ''MV Kiti'', off the coast of Mumbai. There were no casualties, but the Dunagiri suffered damage and required extensive repairs. *January 2008: INS Sindhughosh (S55), a Kilo-class submarine, collided with a foreign merchant vessel ''MV Leeds Castle'' while trying to surface in waters north of Mumbai.〔 The submarine was taking part in fleet-level war games, when the accident occurred. The Navy termed it a minor incident with no casualties reported. *February 2008: Five crew were killed and three critically injured due to exposure to hydrogen sulfide aboard INS Jalashwa (L41), a landing platform dock. The ship was taking part in exercises in the Bay of Bengal. *August 2009: A collision of the missile corvette INS Kuthar (P46) with destroyer INS Ranvir (D54) in the Bay of Bengal was traced to a rudder failure, compounded by a flawed maneuver.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of Indian Naval accidents」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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