Sharma, the Indian Navy spokesperson, said Tomy had been admitted to a hospital in the Amsterdam Island in the southern Indian Ocean and had been attended to by a French doctor. Commander Abhilash Tomy (left) on the Thuriya with Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first winner of the Golden Globe Race in 1968. She was built in the same year as the original Golden Globe Race. How lucky were we all that she was able to assist," wrote the Golden Globe Race on Facebook. "It mainly carries out fisheries monitoring missions off the Kerguelen Islands in the southern Indian Ocean.

Source: The Telegraph September 26, 2018 00:45 UTC