INS Kesari (2008)

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Not to be confused with INS Kesari (L15), a Kumbhir-class tank landing ship.
History
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
Badge: INS Kesari crest
General characteristics
Class & 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

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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 [1] Archived June 19, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ [2][dead link]
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  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ New state-of-art vessel joins Navy[dead link]
  6. ↑ [3] Archived May 15, 2009 at the Wayback Machine

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