INS Shardul (L16)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | INS Shardul |
| Namesake: | Royal Bengal Tiger[1] |
| Ordered: | 2003 |
| Builder: | Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers |
| Launched: | 3 April 2004 |
| Commissioned: | 4 January 2007 |
| Homeport: | Kochi, Southern Naval Command |
| Motto: | All for one, One for all |
| Status: | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Shardul class landing ship |
| Displacement: | 5650 tons |
| Length: | 125 m |
| Beam: | 17.5 m |
| Draft: | 4 m |
| Propulsion: | Kirloskar PA6 STC engines |
| Speed: | 16 knots |
| Capacity: |
11 MBT, 10 vehicles 465.8 m³ water, 1292.6 m³ diesel fuel |
| Troops: | 500 |
| Complement: | 11 officers, 145 sailors |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | Chaff launchers |
| Armament: |
2 x WM-18 rocket launchers 4 x CRN-91 AA (Naval 30mm Medak) guns, MANPAD's. |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 Westland Sea King or HAL Dhruv |
INS Shardul (L16) is the lead ship of her class of amphibious warfare vessels of the Indian Navy. On 03 October 2008 INS Shardul got affiliated to the 5 Armoured Regiment of the Indian Army in a ceremony onboard INS Shardul docked in Mumbai Naval Harbour.[2]
History
The ship was handed over to the navy for trials on 3 November 2006 and commissioned into the Indian Navy, on 4 January 2007 by the defence minister A.K Antony at the naval base INS Kadamba in Karwar. The ship was based under the Southern Naval Command in Kochi to train cadets before the commissioning of INS Kesari and INS Airavat.[3]
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