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The Indian Naval Ship (INS) Mumbai will arrive at the port of Colombo for a three-day visit to Sri Lanka
This is INS Mumbai’s first visit to Sri Lanka and will be the eighth port call by Indian Ships this year
The ship will bring essential spares for the Sri Lankan Airforce-operated Dornier maritime patrol aircraft, the pilots and flight navigators of which are being trained by the Indian Navy
INS Mumbai
INS Mumbai is the third of the Delhi-class guided-missile destroyers in active service with the Indian Navy.
INS Mumbai was built at Mazagon Dock Limited, launched in 1995, and commissioned in 2001.
The ship completed it's Mid life upgrade in 2023 and joined Eastern Naval Command on 8 December 2023 to replace the retiring Rajput-class destroyers .
It was a part of Operation Sukoon (2006), Operation Raahat (2015)
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