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A swift response by an Indian Navy ship, INS Sumitra, deployed in the Gulf of Aden ensured that a hijack situation was quickly resolved, ensuring safe release of an Iranian-flagged fishing vessel and its crew.
INS Sumitra, on anti-piracy operations along the East coast of Somalia and the Gulf of Aden.
Responded to a distress message regarding hijacking of an Iranian flagged Fishing Vessel (FV) Iman.
The FV had been boarded by pirates and the crew taken as hostages.
INS Sumitra is the fourth and last Saryu-class patrol vessel of the Indian Navy.
Designed and constructed by Goa Shipyard Limited.
It is also the presidential yacht of India.
It is designed to undertake fleet support operations, coastal and offshore patrolling, ocean surveillance and monitoring of sea lines of communications and offshore assets and escort duties.
The keel of INS Sumitra was laid at Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) on 28 April 2010, and she was launched on 6 December 2010.
During her construction at GSL, she was known as Yard 1211.
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