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Pakistan Navy intercepts and rams Indian ship in Arabian Sea? https://t.co/nkNHnV7aw2 — Moeed Pirzada (@MoeedNj) 1586804122000

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Pakistani journalist Moeed Peerzada , who has over 2 million followers on Twitter , shared a video showing a navy ship coming dangerously close to another, the former ramming into the latter and sailing past, saying, " Pakistan Navy intercepts and rams Indian ship in Arabian Sea?"The same video is being circulated widely on WhatsApp with a message saying, "A rare incident: Close encounter today of Pakistan Naval Ship (PNS - 182) with Indian Naval Ship (INS - Talwar) off Gujarat Coast."An alert Times Fact Check reader sent the video to us asking if the claims made are true.The video is from 2011 and not recent.A Pakistan Navy ship did damage an Indian vessel in a gross violation of regulations in 2011. Indian Navy's INS Godavari (not Talwar as claimed in the message) and Pakistan Navy's Babar D-182 were the vessels involved in the incident.In the video, one can see PNS Babar D-182 brushing against INS Godavari, damaging the helicopter nets. The Pakistani vessel was decommissioned in 2015.The incident not only made headlines then, but also led to a huge diplomatic row between India and Pakistan.A simple Google search with keywords PNS 182 will lead you to the same video uploaded on YouTube in 2014 with title 'Pakistan Navy Ship Babur vs Indian Navy Ship (sic)'. The caption of the video says, "Pakistan Navy ship vs Indian Navy in gulf of aden during rescue of merchant ship MV SUEZ."The Google search will also lead to an NDTV video, uploaded to its verified YouTube channel in 2011, with the title 'Video shows celebrations on Pak warship after it hit INS Godavari'. The video is not the one that is being shared now with false claims, but is of the same incident. The caption of the video says, "Footage now available with NDTV shows how on June 16, 2011, Pakistani warship PNS Babar rammed into the back of the INS Godavari in heavy sea conditions. It also captures celebrations by Pakistani sailors after the incident."Times Fact Check has found that a 2011 video showing a Pakistani Navy ship Babar D-182 damaging an Indian Navy ship INS Godavari is being circulated widely on social media platforms and WhatsApp now with a false claim that it's a recent incident.