Coast Guard vessel sinks after collision with ship
By IANSTuesday, March 23, 2010
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI - A Coast Guard ship sank after a private merchant vessel rammed into it in the Mumbai Harbour Tuesday evening, officials said. No casualties were reported.
The collision took place at the commercial Indira Dockyard in Mumbai.
“India Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Vivek was undergoing refit and was berthed at a jetty. A private merchant vessel while berthing rammed into the Coast Guard ship,” sources in the armed forces in New Delhi told IANS.
“The collision was very intense, following which the Coast Guard ship sank. So far, there is no report of any causality,” the sources added.
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