Shardul class Landing Ship Tank (Large)

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Class overview
Name: Shardul
Preceded by: Magar class
Completed: 3
General characteristics
Type: Landing ship tank (Large)
Displacement: 5600 tons
Length: 124.8 m
Beam: 17.5 m
Propulsion: Kirloskar PA6 STC engines
Speed: 15.8 knots
Complement: 11 officers, 145 sailors
Armament: WM-18 rocket launcher, SAM, Naval Medak gun, CRN 91 guns
Aircraft carried: Sea King/HAL Dhruv
Notes: Ships in class include: INS Shardul (L16)
INS Kesari
INS Airavat


Three Large Landing ship Tanks are under construction at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd for the Indian Navy and the first was commissioned in November 2006. Shardul and her sister ships, have an indigenous content of over 90% with state-of-the-art equipment. The first ship of the class INS Shardul was commissioned on 4th January 2007.[1] The ship will be based at the newly constructed naval base, INS Kadamba in Karwar.

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[edit] Ships

Name Launch Commissioned
INS Shardul (L16) 03 April 2004 04 January 2007
INS Kesari 08 June 2005 05 April 2008
INS Airavat 27 March 2006 2008

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ India To Commission 3rd Amphib

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