Navy inducts first indigenous diving support vessel ‘Nistar’

• Nistar, the first indigenously constructed diving support vessel, was  delivered by Hindustan Shipyard Limited to the Indian Navy at Visakhapatnam on July 8.

• The ship will also serve as the ‘mother ship’ for Deep Submergence Rescue Vessel (DSRV) to rescue and evacuate personnel in case of an emergency in a submarine underwater.

• The ship is highly specialised and can undertake deep-sea diving and rescue operations, a capability with select navies across the globe.

• The warship has been designed and built as per classification rules of the Indian Register of Shipping (IRS).

• The name ‘Nistar’ originates from Sanskrit and it means liberation, rescue or salvation.

• The ship, measuring 118 m with a tonnage of nearly 10,000 tonnes, is installed with state-of-the-art diving equipment and has the capability to undertake deep-sea saturation diving up to 300 m depth.

• It has the capability to undertake deep sea saturation diving up to 300 m depth.

• The ship also has a side diving stage for undertaking diving operations up to 75 m depth.

• It is equipped with a combination of remotely operated vehicles to undertake diver monitoring and salvage operations up to a depth of 1,000m.

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