INS Gharial (L23)
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Name: | INS Gharial |
Namesake: | Gharial |
Builder: | |
Commissioned: | 14 February 1997 |
Homeport: | Vishakhapatnam, Eastern Naval Command |
Identification: | Pennant number: L23 |
Status: | in active service, as of 2016 |
Badge: | |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Magar-class amphibious warfare vessel |
Displacement: | 5665 tons (full load)[1] |
Length: | 120 m |
Beam: | 17.5 m |
Draft: | 4 m |
Ramps: | Bow doors |
Propulsion: | 2 × 8560 hp sustained diesel engine |
Speed: | 15 knots |
Range: | 3000 miles @ 14 knots |
Boats & landing craft carried: | 4 LCVPs |
Capacity: | 15 Tanks, 8 APCs[2] |
Troops: | 500 |
Complement: | 136 (incl 16 officers) |
Sensors and processing systems: | 1 BEL 1245 navigation radar |
Electronic warfare & decoys: | BEL Ajanta as intercept |
Armament: |
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Aircraft carried: | 1 Sea King |
Aviation facilities: | 2 helicopter platforms |
INS Gharial is a Magar-class amphibious warfare vessel of the Indian Navy.[1]
References
- 1 2 http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/landing_ships_magar.htm
- ↑ http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ships/Active/163-Magar-Class.html
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