INS Kesari (2005)
 INS Kesari (L15) during Milan 2018 exercise
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| History | |
|---|---|
 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, Andaman and Nicobar Command |
| Identification |
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| Status | In active service |
| 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 |
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| Troops | 500 |
| Complement | 11 officers, 145 sailors |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | Chaff launchers |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 Westland Sea King or HAL Dhruv |
INS Kesari (L15) is a Shardul-class tank landing ship of the Indian Navy.[1][3][4]
History
[edit]The ship was launched by Sandhya Prasad, wife of the then 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, Andaman and Nicobar Command.[6][7][8]
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.[9]
In January 2022, two Solas Marine fast interceptor boat were transferred from Indian Navy to Mozambique Navy on board INS Kesari. Mozambique Navy personnel were given training to operate the new interceptor boats.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "INS Kesari Commissioned". Indian Navy. 5 April 2008. Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- ^ "Another naval ship heads for Seychelles". The Hindu. 8 May 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ "Another naval ship heads for Seychelles". The Hindu. 8 May 2009. Archived from the original on 15 May 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Plane-hunt armada steams towards India's backyard". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ "India hands over two additional interceptor boats to Mozambique". Military Africa. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
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