INS Mahish (L19)

Career
Name: INS Mahish
Builder: Gdańsk Shipyard
Stocznia Gdynia
Commissioned: 4 June 1985
Identification: Pennant number: L19
Status: in active service, as of 2015
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 (33 km/h; 21 mph)
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 Mahish is a Kumbhir-class landing ship of the Indian Navy.

History

Built at the Gdańsk Shipyard in Poland, INS Mahish was commissioned on 4 June 1985.

References

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