the sunken "mother-ship" was originally a Thai fishing trawler, , captured by the pirates which still had the Thai crew captive on board. One sailor was reportedly still alive, another confirmed dead, and 14 sailors remained missing. The surviving member of the trawler's crew was picked up by a passing ship after six days adrift on the ocean and was taken to Yemen where he informed the owner of the trawler of the events. The survivor said all the crew were tied up under the deck, except the captain and translator. June to September 2021 Exercise Combined Maritime Bilateral Exercises like Exercise Varuna with French Navy and Exercise INDRA with Russian Federation Navy will be conducted along with Passage Exercises (PASSEX) across the Gulf of Aden, Red Sea, Suez Canal, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea and Baltic Sea while making port calls at Djibouti, Egypt, Italy, France, UK, Russia, Netherlands, Morocco, and Arctic Council countries like Sweden and Norway. INS Tabar on 27 June 2021 arrived in Egypt, in Alexandria. Captain Mahesh paid tributes at unknown soldiers memorial and participated in a two day exercise with the Egyptian Navy Ship Toushka commenced by helo deck landing ops and underway replenishment drills. The INS Tabar participated in the maritime exercises with Italian frigate ITS Antonio Marceglia (F 597) on 4-5 July 2021 in the Tyrrhenian Sea. This exercise was covered by air defence, replenishment at sea, communication drills and cross deck helicopter operations during the day and night. On 15-16 July 2021, INS Tabar undertook maritime exercises with French navy's FNS Aquitaine in Bay of Biscay. Other than FNS Aquitaine,four Rafale and one NH90 helicopter also participated in the exercise. This exercise includes the wide range of operations like anti - submarine, surface manoeuvers, underway replenishment, firing on target, visit board search & seizure (VBSS), Steam Past, Air Defence, Air Picture Compilation, Vertical Replenishment and crossdeck operations were exercised by the ships.INS Tabar participated in Russian Navy Day parade from 22-27 July in St Petersburg. D B Venkatesh Varma, Indian ambassador to Russia visited the ship on 23rd July and later on Vice-Admiral Sergei Yeliseyev visited the ship and was given Guard of honour'' by the ship's crew. The commanding officer presented the ship's crest at the end of the Vice-Admiral Sergei Yeliseyev's visit. On 24th July, the commanding officer visited to Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery to pay homage. On on 25th July,