Tuesday, February 01, 2011

Indian warship sunk during 'day at sea' for military families

The heavily armed Indian navy frigate was equipped to do battle with enemy battleships and submarines, but it went up in flames as soon as it was hit … not by a torpedo or enemy vessel, mind you, but by a merchant ship.

The sinking of the INS Vindhyagiri, a 3,000-ton warship, marked the worst-ever peacetime loss for the Indian navy, Indian Express reported, adding that it’s also pretty embarrassing.

Read the complete story on the CNN blog at
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/01/indian-warship-sunk-during-day-at-sea-for-military-families/