India’s first underwater warship museum takes shape as INS Guldar successfully submerged off Sindhudurg coast

INS Guldar, which served the Indian Navy for nearly four decades, was formally decommissioned on January 12, 2024.

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India’s first underwater warship museum takes shape as INS Guldar successfully submerged off Sindhudurg coast

After repeated delays last year due to heightened security alerts during ‘Operation Sindoor’ and the early arrival of the southwest monsoon, the decommissioned Indian Navy vessel, INS Guldar, was finally successfully submerged off the Vijaydurg coast in Sindhudurg district Tuesday evening; paving the way for development of India’s first underwater warship museum and artificial coral reef project, and one of Asia’s largest marine tourism initiatives of its kind.

Led by Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC), the ambitious project aims