INS Sagardhwani
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | INS Sagardhwani |
| Builder: | Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Kolkata |
| Launched: | May 1991 |
| Commissioned: | 30 July 1994 |
| Homeport: | Kochi, India |
| Status: | Active in service, as of 2012 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Research ship |
| Displacement: | 2,050 long tons (2,083 t) full load[1] |
| Length: | 85.1 m (279 ft) o/a[2] |
| Beam: | 12.8 m (42 ft)[2] |
| Propulsion: | 2 × diesel engines 3,860 hp (2,880 kW) sustained 2 shafts 2 auxiliary thrusters[1] |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)[1] |
| Range: | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)[1] |
| Complement: | 80, plus 16 scientists[1] |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Racal Decca 1629 radar at I-band frequency[1] |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × HAL Chetak[1] |
| Aviation facilities: | Helicopter landing pad[1] |
INS Sagardhwani (A 74) is a marine acoustic research ship (MARS) owned by the Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), maintained and operated by the Indian Navy, and based at Southern Naval Command, Kochi.[3]
The ship was built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Kolkata,[3] launched in May 1991,[1] and commissioned in 1994.[3] It is similar in design to the Sandhayak-class survey ships, but with the superstructure positioned amidships and a helipad forward.[1]
Internally, the ship has eight laboratories for various scientific disciplines, and a mini-operating theatre with medical staff. At the stern is handling equipment for mooring and retrieving oceanographic and acoustic buoys. It can accommodate up to 82 persons, including 16 scientists, and a crew of 8 officers and 58 sailors.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Rakshak, Bharat (2012). "INS Sagardhwani". bharat-rakshak.com. http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ships/Active/155-INS-Sagardhwani.html. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ a b c "INS Sagardhwani". Naval Research Board. 2010. http://www.nrbdrdo.res.in/npol.html. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ Anantha, Krishnan M. (5 September 2003). "INS Sagardhwani: DRDO's pet and Navy's pride". The Times of India. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-09-05/bangalore/27176369_1_scientific-equipment-vessel-laboratories. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
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