INS Himgiri (F34)
Introduction '''INS ''Himgiri'' (F34)''' was a  of the Indian Navy. ''Himgiri'' was commissioned into the Navy on 23 November 1974.She was decommissioned on 6 May 2005.A new ship with this name belonging to the new Nilgiri class was launched in December 2020.
Operations INS ''Himgiri'' holds the record for the number of days at sea in a single deployment for a conventional ship of the Indian Navy. In 1976, she was the first ship of the Indian Navy to shoot down a pilotless aircraft.
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