INS Kesari (2008)
Not to be confused with INS Kesari (L15), a Kumbhir-class tank landing ship.
| Career (India) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | INS Kesari[1] |
| Namesake: | Gir Lion |
| Builder: | Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers |
| Sponsored by: | Sandhya Prasad |
| Commissioned: | 5 April 2008 |
| Homeport: | Port Blair |
| Identification: | pennant number: L15 |
| Status: | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Shardul-class tank landing ship |
| Displacement: | 5650 tons |
| Length: | 125 m (410 ft) |
| Beam: | 17.5 m (57 ft) |
| Draught: | 4 m (13 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Kirloskar PA6 STC engines[2] |
| Speed: | 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Capacity: | 11 MBT, 10 vehicles 465.8 m3 (16,450 cu ft) water, 1,292.6 m3 (45,650 cu ft) diesel fuel |
| Troops: | 500 |
| Complement: | 11 officers, 145 sailors |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | Chaff launchers |
| Armament: | 2 x WM-18 rocket launchers 4 x CRN-91 AA (Naval 30mm Medak) guns, MANPAD's. |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 Westland Sea King or HAL Dhruv |
INS Kesari is a Shardul-class tank landing ship of the Indian Navy.[1][3][4]
History
The ship was launched by Sandhya Prasad, wife of Vice Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Yashwant Prasad.[5]
In 2009, INS Kesari was transferred from the Eastern Naval Command in Vishakhapatnam to Port Blair.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
- ↑
- ↑ "Surface Ships". Indian Navy. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ↑ "Shardul Class". Indian Navy. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ↑ New state-of-art vessel joins Navy
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