INS Sagardhwani (A74)

INS Sagardhwani (A74)
History
Name: INS Sagardhwani
Builder: Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Kolkata
Launched: May 1991
Commissioned: 30 July 1994
Homeport: Kochi, India
Status: in active service
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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 (A74) 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]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rakshak, Bharat (2012). "INS Sagardhwani". bharat-rakshak.com. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Sagardhwani Class". Indian Navy. 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 "INS Sagardhwani". Naval Research Board. 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  4. ↑ Anantha, Krishnan M. (5 September 2003). "INS Sagardhwani: DRDO's pet and Navy's pride". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 January 2012.


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