INS Veer (K82)
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 Indian Navy
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| Name: | INS Veer |
| Commissioned: | 2 April 1971 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 December 1982 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Vidyut class missile boat |
| Displacement: | 245 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 38.6 meters |
| Beam: | 7.6 meters |
| Speed: | 37+ knots |
| Complement: | 30 |
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INS Veer (K82) was a Vidyut class missile boat of the Indian Navy.
INS Veer was a part of the 25th "Killer" Missile Squadron of the Indian Navy.
During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, INS Veer was one of the 3 missile boats in the Operation Trident task force. On the afternoon of 4 December, the strike group made its way towards Karachi.
Late that evening, around 70 miles south of Karachi, the Veer detected a large Pakistan Navy target, later identified as the minesweeper PNS Muhafiz on patrol to its north. Veer launched 1 SS-N-2 Styx missile on the target, sinking PNS Muhafiz.
Other vessels of strike group sank a Pakistan Navy destroyer, PNS Khaibar and the merchant ship MV Venus Challenger, and caused irreparable damage to the destroyer PNS Shah Jahan (DD-962).
Lieutenant Commander Om Prakash Mehta, the Commanding Officer of the Veer was awarded the Vir Chakra for his role during the operation.
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