The ship has the distinction of being associated with relief work in the wake of the Gujarat earthquake, Tsunami 2004, as well as Operation Vijay during the Kargil war.

The ship is the namesake of HMIS Jumna, a Black Swan-class sloop, which served in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II.

These are designed to meet the stringent international/ISO 9002 digital survey accuracy standards required for the production of electronic navigation charts and publications as laid down by the International Hydrographic Organization.

The ship sunk off the coast of Diu, Gujarat, India by the Pakistan Navy Daphné-class submarine PNS Hangor on 9 December 1971 during the Indo-Pakistani War.

The object was nearly 300 feet (91 m) long, had a north-east-southwest orientation and seemed to be sitting on its keel with its mast sticking out of the silt, confirming that it was the sunken ship.

Subsequently, the "first updated navigational charts" of the areas were presented to Kenyan authorities in 2014 by the Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral RK Dhowan.