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This is an archive article published on May 27, 2013
Egyptian navy helps Indian submarine in distress
India's submarine INS Sindhurakshak received help from Egyptian Navy when it encountered extreme bad weather and rough sea on its way back home after mid-life up-gradation in Russia.
Written by Press Trust Of India
Cairo | Updated: April 14, 2014 12:22 PM IST
1 min readIndia’s submarine INS Sindhurakshak received help from Egyptian Navy when it encountered extreme bad weather and rough sea on its way back home after mid-life up-gradation in Russia.
The Sindhurakshak,a Russian Kilo Class submarine built in 1997 at Admiralteiskie Verfi shipyard in St Petersburg,underwent mid-life up-gradation.
The Egyptian Navy towed the submarine to Port Said along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in March,sources said.
Welcoming the gesture,Indian ambassador to Egypt Navdeep Suri
praised the professional handling by the Egyptian Navy.
In thank you cable to Egypt’s Defence and Military Production Minister Gen Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi,Suri said,”(Egyptian) Naval troops towed the submarine in a professional way to a safe Egyptian port”,the official MENA news agency reported.
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