On January 18, the Indian Navy's Rajput-class guided-missile destroyer HMS Ranville exploded on the docks of the Mumbai Naval Shipyard, killing 3 people and injuring 11 others. It can be said that the news of the outbreak of the Indian Navy destroyer was the hottest news in the entire military sector. The US Navy's South Naval Exercise, the risk of war in Ukraine has further intensified, the Russian army in Kazakhstan has gradually withdrawn, Israel bombed Syria, the Shandong warship left the port without 055, and the post-incident treatment of the Tonga volcano, which is not commonplace? This kind of daily melon is really not worth mentioning compared with the big melon exploded by a destroyer in India.
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The United States has not fought so many times against the Chinese and Russian military exercises, the probability of war in Ukraine has increased, but this is not yet a war, some people in Syria care, what can the Kazakh Russian army do without withdrawal, the Shandong ship does not carry 055, what is it, is not the Dalian ship has not yet finished training, tonga volcano is far away from China. But the explosion in The bombing of a destroyer harbor in India is really unattainable.
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It can only be said that India is really a brother in the real military entertainment plate, and the remaining authors of the military entertainment plate add up, which is not better than the Indian Navy! After all, under normal circumstances, the entertainment version is to edit or shoot some funny strips, but the cost of creating each work of the Indian Navy is hundreds of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars! Indian Navy YYDS, military entertainment version of forever overlord! The other navies of the world can't add up to it!
The explosion in the port of the Ranville is ironic, but the Rajput-class destroyers have begun to be decommissioned, and the impact is not large
The GUIDVRanville is the fourth ship of the Rajput-class guided-missile destroyer, with a length of 147 meters, a width of 15.8 meters, a full load displacement of nearly 5,000 tons, an all-gas turbine propulsion, a maximum speed of 35 knots, a carrier-based armament of 1 double-barreled 76 mm main gun, 4 AK-630, a 5-in-tandem 533 torpedo tube, 4 Styx anti-ship missiles, and two sets of SA-N-1/S-125M Goa two-arm anti-aircraft missiles. He joined the Indian Navy in August 1986.
It can be said that according to the above data, the Rajput-class guided-missile destroyer is a very old destroyer, although it uses all-gas turbine propulsion, but only from the numerical number of the air defense missile can be seen, Rajput's SA-N-1 is not comparable to the SA-N-12/17 on the Chinese Navy's Modern-class guided-missile destroyer. Even if the old Styx is replaced by BrahMos, compared with China's Eagle Strike-12, it is half a pound to eight two, so this destroyer is really not enough to export 054AP from China to Pakistan today in the 2020s...
The design life of another destroyer is often about 35 years (such as Ali Burke) depending on the level of maintenance The actual life will have a certain difference from the life expectancy, if the maintenance level is not bad, the problem of more than ten years is not large, if the maintenance level is low, then it is normal to retire ten years in advance. But the level of maintenance of the Indian Navy, everyone has a number in mind.
On May 6, 2019, the Rajput-class destroyer D53 Ranjit was decommissioned. From 1983 to 2019, the Ranjit served a total of 36 years;
The first ship of the Rajput-class guided-missile destroyer, the Rajput, was decommissioned on May 4, 2021, after 41 years in service.
At this stage, the Rajput-class guided-missile destroyers are still in service only the No. 2 lana, the No. 4 lanville, and the no. 5 lanvijay, and it can be said that the rajput-class guided-missile destroyer has entered the end of its service and its retirement is close at hand. The Kolkata/Visakhapatnam-class destroyers, which the Indian Navy used to replace the Rajput-class destroyers, have also been commissioned by 4 today.
Therefore, even if the RANVILLE guided-missile destroyer did not have this accident, it should be retired within 5 years, so the accident of the accidental explosion of the Ranville has a relatively small impact on the overall combat strength of the Indian Navy. Not to mention that the impact of the explosion of the Ranville is relatively not very large, there is no fire to half a ship, nor too much equipment is damaged, and the difficulty of maintenance is not too large. Even if it is a direct retirement, it is not impossible, it is nothing more than that the Indian Navy needs to adjust the order of decommissioning, so that Visakhapatnam can fill the vacancy left by the retirement of the Ranville.
How did it blow up near the shipyard again? Feng Shui problems?
In an unfortunate incident at the Mumbai Naval Shipyard, 3 naval personnel died in an explosion in the cabin of the Ranville. The crew of the ship reacted immediately and the situation was quickly brought under control. No significant property damage was reported. ”
On January 18, between 4:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. local time, the destroyer Ranville, which was carrying out a cross-coastal deployment operation, was moored on the dock near the Mumbai shipyard, and suddenly exploded, causing 3 deaths and 11 injuries. The wounded have been taken to the local naval hospital for treatment.
Usually, there are three reasons for the explosion of a warship, the first is a frogman attack, the second is an ammunition explosion caused by mishandling (such as sinking his own Sinszdulak), the third is an explosion caused by a power failure (for example, the Baku has had an explosion of a high-pressure steam pipe), and if it is an explosion in a shipyard, it can also be combined with a combustible gas explosion (cylinder) welding that causes residual oil or combustible materials such as packaging boxes to be ignited (Kuznetsov, acquaintance Richard). If it is in India, it may also be because the septic tank has not been cleaned for too long, resulting in a biogas explosion.
In the above several possibilities, Indian sources said that the cause of the explosion was not ammunition, and Mumbai is an important town in India, so it is impossible to dig up people to attack. The dead and wounded were Indian sailors rather than shipyard workers, so the possibility of combustible gas explosions and combustible material explosions was also ruled out, and surface ships that used gas turbines as power during the port call would shut down their engines, so the possibility of a power system explosion was also very low.
After ruling out multiple possibilities, the Indian Navy destroyer may have exploded due to the septic tank blowing up??????
In addition, has the accident rate in India been a little higher in recent years?
In October 2021, a fire broke out on the Ranville and injured many people;
In 2019, there was a fire inside the Shipyard Visakhapatnam, killing 1 person;
On February 13, 2018, the septic tank of the drilling vessel next to the Vikrant at the Cochin Shipyard in India exploded, and the Vikrant was collapsed;
In May 2021, a fire broke out on the Chao Ri Wang, and there were no major injuries or casualties;
In 2016, the frigate Beitwa, which was being maintained in the Mumbai shipyard, overturned in the dock;
In 2013, the Submarine Sindulaksak sank itself...
It can be said that it is normal for ships to catch fire, after all, whose warships have not yet caught fire in this era? But the Indian Navy's accident method is really confusing, this kind of accident method he does not talk about martial virtue! The dock overturned, sank itself, the septic tank exploded, these accidents are simply stories, when making up the story, I didn't dare to make it up, so the plate was really very curious about what the cause of the accident of the Indian Navy was, if it was really a septic tank explosion, it would be fun... Will the cause of this accident become a new material for military scribblers? We'll see.