Name INS Veer Decommissioned 31 December 1982 Complement 30 Displacement 222,300 kg | Commissioned 2 April 1971 Speed 37+ knots Length 39 m Beam 7.6 m | |
Class and type Vidyut class missile boat | ||
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.
Operation Trident
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.