India Navy Ship INS NILGIRI 1968 FDC Postal History Cover NAVAL Cachet

Description: India Navy Ship INS NILGIRI 1968 FDC Postal History Cover NAVAL CachetIt was sent 15 Dec 1968. It was franked with stamp "Indian". This cover is in good, but NOT perfect condition. Please look at the scan and make your own judgement. Member USCS & APS (I also earned the stamp collecting merit badge as a boy!). Approvals service with FREE shipping provided to repeat USA customers.International shipping is just $2. However, if order total exceeds $20, then ebay standard shipping must be used which is $15. This includes tracking. INS Nilgiri (F33) was the lead ship of her class of frigates. Commissioned on 3 June 1972 into the Indian Navy, she was decommissioned in 1996. INS Nilgiri was the first major warship built in India keel up, with a displacement ~20x that of an Ajay class patrol vessel. INS Nilgiri was built at Mazagon Docks Limited, Mumbai in collaboration with Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow. The collaboration involved designs of the Royal Navy's improved Type 12 general purpose frigate and technical and training support for construction of 6 vessels. The project to build Nilgiri was led by Homi Sethna and Commander (later Rear Admiral) Prakash N Gour. The success of Nilgiri led to the Indian Navy along with Mazagon Docks redesigning the last two ships of the class – INS Vindhyagiri and INS Taragiri to add the Sea King helicopter, ILAS 324 mm torpedo tubes and Bofors ASW rocket launcher. The ship was fitted with the Agouti system to minimize propeller cavitation noise.[2] Decommissioning INS Nilgiri was decommissioned in 1996. She was sunk on 24 April 1997, in a test firing of a Sea Eagle anti-ship missile by a Sea Harrier Frs Mk.51 taking off from the aircraft carrier INS Viraat.

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