Casualties
To date, Khukri is the only ship lost in the history of the Indian Navy. Over 18 officers and 176 sailors were lost in the sinking. The captain, Mahendra Nath Mulla, chose to go down with the sinking ship. He refused to abandon ship, and passed his life-jacket to a junior officer. He has remained so far the only Indian captain to go down with a vessel. He was posthumously awarded India's second-highest military honour, the Maha Vir Chakra.
A memorial to the dead sailors exists at Diu. 20°42′10″N 70°58′37″E / 20.70278°N 70.97694°E / 20.70278; 70.97694 The memorial constitutes a full-scale model of Khukri encased in a glass house, placed atop a hillock facing the sea. The memorial was inaugurated by Vice Admiral Madhvendra Singh as the flag officer commanding-in-chief.
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