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Indian Navy looks at enrolling women as sailors

The inclusion of women as 'sea-going cadre' in the near future was also on the agenda during discussions.

Nov 02, 2018, 21:12 PM IST

Oman police say cargo ship sinks off coast, 20 sailors saved

Police in Oman say a cargo ship loaded with construction material has sunk off the sultanate's southern coast, though all 20 sailors aboard the vessel were saved.

Sep 03, 2017, 15:30 PM IST

US navy recovers remains of all sailors missing after USS McCain collision

"The US navy and marine corps divers have now recovered the remains of all 10 USS John S McCain sailors," the Seventh Fleet said in a statement on its website.

Aug 28, 2017, 09:27 AM IST

US Navy recovers second body in search for sailors missing after collision

"More divers and equipment arrived overnight to continue search and recovery operations for eight missing sailors inside flooded compartments of the ship," the US Seventh Fleet said in statement on its website.

Aug 25, 2017, 12:26 PM IST

US Navy identifies 1 dead, 9 missing sailors

The deceased sailor was identified as electronics technician Kenneth Aaron Smith, 22, from New Jersey. 

Aug 24, 2017, 20:36 PM IST

US divers search for 10 missing sailors in hull of damaged destroyer

The collision — the fourth major accident in the US Pacific fleet this year — prompted a fleet-wide investigation and plans for temporary halts in operations.

Aug 22, 2017, 16:51 PM IST

Sushma Swaraj promises help to 41 stranded sailors

Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday said that India will help out sailors stuck in merchant ships at Ajman in United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Jan 06, 2017, 15:14 PM IST

Sailors rescue 114 migrants including 22 children from the Mediterranean

A charity rescue ship has picked up 114 migrants from the Mediterrrean including eight women and 22 children, of whom 16 were unaccompanied

Jan 03, 2017, 01:32 AM IST

Ten sailors aboard US Navy boats missing in Gulf: US official

Ten sailors are on board two US Navy patrol boats that went missing in the Gulf, apparently after straying into Iranian waters, a US defense official has said.

Jan 13, 2016, 05:09 AM IST

Incredible video! Lost puppy rescued from open sea

When the sailors spotted the yellow puppy in the Gulf of Naples they could hardly comprehend.

Nov 04, 2015, 15:55 PM IST

'They will kill us, please save us', pleads an Indian sailor stuck in Yemen

Despite an assurance of safe evacuation by the Ministry of External Affairs, it seems that the sailors in Yemen are yet to avail any help from Indian government.

Sep 14, 2015, 10:04 AM IST

70 sailors from Gujarat stranded in crisis-hit Yemen; MEA says working on evacuation

India on Sunday said it is taking steps to ensure safe evacuation of its nationals from Yemen after a sailors group claimed that 70 seamen from Gujarat are stranded in the war-torn county.

Sep 13, 2015, 18:46 PM IST