HMS Sutherland, the Royal Navy ship in KONKAN-26, is a frigate of which class, built mainly for which role?
- A.Type 45 class, air defence
- B.Duke class, anti-submarine warfare
- C.River class, offshore patrol
- D.Astute class, mine warfare
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Explanation
The correct answer is Duke class, anti-submarine warfare. HMS Sutherland, the ship the Royal Navy deployed for KONKAN-26, is described as a Duke-class anti-submarine warfare frigate, and anti-submarine warfare was indeed one of the areas the two navies practised during the sea phase. Option A is wrong because the Type 45 is a destroyer class associated with air defence, not the frigate in question. Option C is wrong because River-class vessels are offshore patrol ships used for constabulary tasks at sea rather than submarine hunting. Option D is wrong on both counts, since the Astute name belongs to submarines and not to a mine warfare frigate. The Indian counterpart in the exercise was the stealth frigate INS Trishul, and the drills the two ships carried out together also covered seamanship manoeuvres, joint tactical exercises, communication procedures, anti-surface asymmetric warfare and weapon firings.
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Practice Questions
Exercise KONKAN-26 was a bilateral maritime exercise between India and which other country?
- A.France
- B.The United Kingdom
- C.The United States
- D.Japan
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KONKAN is the bilateral maritime exercise held between the Indian Navy and the Royal Navy, and the edition named KONKAN-26 concluded off Plymouth in the United Kingdom.
Read the full explanation →Which Indian warship represented the Indian Navy in Exercise KONKAN-26?
- A.INS Tabar
- B.INS Talwar
- C.INS Trishul
- D.INS Teg
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The Indian Navy was represented in KONKAN-26 by the stealth frigate INS Trishul, which exercised with HMS Sutherland of the Royal Navy off Plymouth.
Read the full explanation →Off which British port city did Exercise KONKAN-26 conclude?
- A.Portsmouth
- B.Plymouth
- C.Southampton
- D.Liverpool
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KONKAN-26 ended in the waters off Plymouth in the United Kingdom, where the Royal Navy’s Fleet Operational Standards and Training organisation put the participating ships through their serials.
Read the full explanation →MAHASAGAR, the vision mentioned with this deployment, stands for which of the following?
- A.Maritime Harmony and Secure Access for Growth and Regional Advancement
- B.Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions
- C.Maritime Alliance for Shared Action, Growth and Regional Resilience
- D.Mutual Assistance for Humanitarian Aid, Security and Growth in Regions
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The Ministry of Defence used this expansion while describing the purpose behind the training deployment, under which the Indian Navy builds capacity in partner countries and strengthens regional partnerships in the Indian Ocean.
Read the full explanation →Which ships formed the First Training Squadron during its Seychelles port call?
- A.INS Tir, INS Sujata and ICGS Sarathi
- B.INS Shivalik, INS Kamorta and ICGS Samarth
- C.INS Tarangini, INS Sudarshini and ICGS Vikram
- D.INS Delhi, INS Satpura and ICGS Abhinav
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These three were the ships named by the Ministry of Defence as the vessels of the First Training Squadron that stayed at Port Victoria and then sailed out on completion of the visit.
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