INS Ghorpad (L14)

Career
Name: INS Ghorpad
Builder: Gdańsk Shipyard
Stocznia Gdynia
Commissioned: 21 December 1974
Decommissioned: 11 January 2008
Status: Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type: Kumbhir-class landing ship
Displacement: 1120 tons (standard)
Length: 83.9 m [1]
Beam: 9.7 m
Draught: 1.3 metres (extreme bow and 2.58 metres (stern)
Depth: 5.2 m
Propulsion: 2 x 2200 hp Soviet Kolomna 40-D two stroke diesel engines.
Speed: 18 knots
Complement: 120 (incl. 12 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems:
SRN 7453 radar
Armament: 2 x AK-230 30mm guns
4 x CRN-91 AA (Naval 30mm Medak)
guns, MANPAD's.
Aircraft carried: 1 HAL Chetak

INS Ghorpad (L14) was a Kumbhir-class landing ship of the Indian Navy.

History

Built at the Gdańsk Shipyard in Poland, INS Ghorpad was commissioned on 21 December 1974. She was decommissioned in 11 January 2008.

References

  1. ^ http://indiannavy.nic.in/landing_ships_kumbhir.htm

See also