A decommissioned Indian Navy ship has become the country’s newest artificial reef.   A 162-tonne patrol boat was sunk earlier this year off the Karnataka coast in the Arabian Sea.

The government sank the The Ever Vigilant (Seaward Defence Boat T-54) near the coastal city of Karwar. The area has only recently been open to divers.  The Ever Vigilant guarded the country's maritime borders for 23 years.