I AM PRITAM SINGH EX MCEAR SURVIVOR FROM I.N.S.KHUKRI. THERE ARE MANY CONFLICTING STORIES I M READING ABOUT SINKING OF KHUKRI.YES THE SPEED WAS ONE OF THE FACTOR WHICH WAS REQUESTED BY LT. VK JAIN TO REDUCE TO 12 KNOTS FOR HIS TESTS ON SONAR H.E.. BEING EAR3 THAT TIME I WAS LOOKING AFTER THE SONAR SETS WHICH WRE FULLY OPERATIONAL. THE FACT IS THAT OUR DETECTION RANGE WAS MUCHLESS THAN HALF OF THE FIRING RANGE OF HANGOR.IT HAPPEND AT THE TIME OF START OF HINDI NEWS BY A.I.R.THAT NIGHT. AB AAP PURE SAMACHAR SUNIYE ,THEN THE BIG THUNDER. NO ONE kNEW ITS A MISSILE HIT OR A TARPEDO.DURING TWO AND A HALF MINUTES TIME WHILE SHIP SINKING I AM AWARE OF ALL THE OPERATIONS.KHUKRI WAS HIT BY THREE TARPEDOS.TO MY VIEWS HANGOR FIRED A SALVO OF 6 TARPEDOS THREE FRM EACH PORT AND STBD LAUNCHERS ENGAGING BOTH KHUKRI AND KIRPAN AT THE SAME TIME.FORTUNATELY KIRPAN WAS MISSED DUE TO DISTANCE AND ANGLE CALCULATION ERROR.WHILE FLOATING WITH MY LIFE JACKET ON, ISAW KHUKRI VERTICAL WITH HEAD UP FROM BRIDGE AND WENT DOWN VERTICAL.IT WAS MY LAST SALUTE TO CAPT. M.N.MULLA AND ALL THOSE WHO WENT DOWN WITH HIM.I CAN EXPLAIN MORE IN DETAILS IF ANY TIME REQUIRED.
