Nipun Diving Support Vessel Handed Over to Navy
Why in the news
The Navy received its second home-built diving support ship, about a year after the first of the class.
Key facts
- Roles: deep-sea diving, underwater salvage, submarine rescue and search-and-rescue.
- Built to Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) classification rules.
- The name is Sanskrit for a person who is skilled in a field.
- Purpose: reduce dependence on foreign rescue vessels.
About Hindustan Shipyard Limited
- Began in 1941 as Scindia Shipyard; nationalised in 1952.
- Moved to the Ministry of Defence from Shipping in 2010.
Exam angle
- Class of the vessel: Nistar class.
- Builder and base: HSL, Visakhapatnam.