Indian Navy joins Indonesia’s hunt for missing submarine

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, April 22

The Indian Navy dispatched its Deep Submergence Rescue Vessel (DSRV) on Thursday to assist the Indonesian Navy in search and rescue efforts for their Submarine KRI Nanggala, which was reported missing on Wednesday.

The Indonesian submarine was reportedly exercising in a location 25 miles north of Bali with a crew of 53 personnel. The DSRV is special vessel that undertakes such task. Indian Navy Spokesperson Commander Vivek Madhwal said in New Delhi that the DSRV has been dispatched from its base at Visakhapatnam, located on the east coast of the country.

The DSRV system can locate a submarine up to 1000 m in depth utilising its state-of-the-art side scan sonar and remotely operated vehicle (ROV).