Indian Navy Ship Brahmaputra Catches Fire at Mumbai Dockyard

High-profile Indian Navy Vessel Damaged

On Sunday, July 21, a devastating fire broke out aboard the WEB INS Brahmaputra, a Type 41 Leopard-class frigate, while undergoing maintenance at the naval dockyard in Mumbai.

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Measuring 125 meters in length and 144 meters in beam, the WEB INS Brahmaputra was acquired by India from the Royal Navy, where it originally served as HMS Panther. The ship is notable for being the first indigenously built guided missile frigate in the Brahmaputra class, commissioned into the Indian Navy in April 2000.