Efforts on to convert INS Bhavnagar into a museum(Photo-story)

Bhavnagar District Collector Pradip Shah has initiated efforts to turn retired Indian Navy Minesweeper warship INS Bhavnagar into a permanent museum at Bhavnagar coast.

INS Bhavnagar was one of the naval ships that guarded Gujarat coast during Kargil war with 60 navy jawans including six officers aboard.

The ship has four anti-aircraft guns that can fire 2,000 bullets per minute. An additional gun could attack desired target within four km range. INS Bhavnagar is capable to fire five rockets at a time on the target within 2 kms. It is also capable to keep 36 rockets that can also be fired to damage enemy’s submarine inside the sea.

As the ship is named after the city of Bhavnagar, the district collector Pradip Shah has sought Indian Navy’s permission to convert this retired ship into a permanent museum.