INS Kesari (2005)

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INS Kesari during Milan 2018 exercise.jpg
INS Kesari (L15) during Milan 2018 exercise
History
India
NameINS Kesari[1]
NamesakeGir lion
BuilderGarden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Launched8 June 2005
Commissioned5 April 2008
HomeportPort Blair
Identification
StatusIn active service
BadgeINS Kesari crest
General characteristics
Class and type Shardul-class tank landing ship
Displacement5650 tons
Length125 m (410 ft)
Beam17.5 m (57 ft)
Draught4 m (13 ft)
PropulsionKirloskar PA6 STC engines[2]
Speed16 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
Troops500
Complement11 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 carried1 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[]

  1. ^ a b [1] Archived 19 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "INS Kesari". ABS Eagle. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Surface Ships". Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  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.
  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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