A Sri Lankan Naval Vessel assisted in transferring an engineer from Trincomalee to effect repairs to a tanker which had developed mechanical problems in the seas off Vakarai on 07th February 2012.
The tanker named “Ravindranath Tagorh” had been en-route to Chennai from New Mangalore when the engine failure occurred.
[mappress] Naval Today Staff , February 08, 2012; Image: navy