INS Kesari (2005)

	INS Kesari (L15) during Milan 2018 exercise
History
India
Name	INS Kesari
Namesake	Gir lion
Builder	Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Launched	8 June 2005
Commissioned	5 April 2008
Homeport	Port Blair
Identification	Pennant number: L15; MMSI number: 419600001; Callsign: AUKU;
Status	In active service
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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
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 ; & decoys	Chaff launchers
Armament	2 × WM-18 rocket launchers; 4 × 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]

In March 2014, the ship, under the command of Commander Mahesh Mangipudi, was involved in the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the Indian Ocean region.^[7]

References[]

^ ^a ^b [1] Archived 19 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ "INS Kesari". ABS Eagle. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
^ "Surface Ships". Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
^ "Shardul Class". Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
^ "New state-of-art vessel joins Navy". Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
^ [2] Archived 15 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Plane-hunt armada steams towards India's backyard". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 July 2018.

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[in-comm-1] [1] Archived 19 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[abs-record-2] "INS Kesari". ABS Eagle. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2019.

[inp-3] "Surface Ships". Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.

[insc-4] "Shardul Class". Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2015.

[5] "New state-of-art vessel joins Navy". Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

[hindu-transfer-6] [2] Archived 15 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[7] "Plane-hunt armada steams towards India's backyard". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 July 2018.

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History
INS Kesari (L15) during Milan 2018 exercise
India
Name	INS Kesari^[1]
Namesake	Gir lion
Builder	Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Launched	8 June 2005
Commissioned	5 April 2008
Homeport	Port Blair
Identification	Pennant number: L15 MMSI number: 419600001 Callsign: AUKU
Status	In active service
Badge
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 & decoys	Chaff launchers
Armament	2 × WM-18 rocket launchers 4 × CRN-91 AA (Naval 30mm Medak) guns, MANPAD's.
Aircraft carried	1 Westland Sea King or HAL Dhruv