INS Aditya (A59)

INS Aditya departing Portsmouth Naval Base, UK, 20 June 2009.
History
Name: INS Aditya
Builder: Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Commissioned: 3 April 2000[1]
Motto: "Sustenance for Victory and Beyond"
Status: in active service, as of 2016
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General characteristics
Class & type: Aditya class replenishment and repair ship
Displacement: 24,612 tons full load
Length: 172.0 m (564.3 ft)
Beam: 23.0 m (75.5 ft)
Draft: 7.5 m (25 ft)
Propulsion:
  • 2 × ECR MAN B&W 16V 40/45 diesel engines with 23,972 hp and 1 shaft,
  • 3 × 500 kW generators and 2 x 1,500 kW power take-off shaft generators
Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h)
Range: 10,000 mi (16,000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement: 191 and 6 aircrew (incl. 3 pilots from No.321 Sqn)
Armament:
  • 1 × SA-N-10 SAM launcher with 24 missiles
  • 3 × 2A42 30mm Medak guns
Aircraft carried: 1 HAL Chetak (from No.321 Sqn) or Sea King

INS Aditya (A59) is an Aditya class replenishment and repair ship currently in service with the Indian Navy. As there is only one ship in this class, INS Aditya is the lead ship. The ship was commissioned on 3 April 2000.

INS Aditya is a fully air-conditioned and lengthened version of the original Deepak class, but with a multipurpose workshop and with four RAS (Replenishment At Sea) stations alongside. The ship was built at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE). Building progress was very slow and the ship was plagued by propulsion problems, during her sea trials in September 1999.

Description

The ship has a cargo capacity of 2250 m³ water, 2170 m³ ammunition and stores and 14,200 m³ diesel and aviation kerosene. The ship can carry 12,000 tons of liquid cargo, comprising LSHSD, FFO, aviation kerosene, distilled & fresh water and 5000 tons of solid cargo. The ship features a Hallapa deck and Canadian Hepburn RAS (Replenishment At Sea) equipment. Aditya is also equipped with a 2 ton heavy jackstay and a 20 ton crane. It can replenish four warships simultaneously and was designed to be able to serve as command and control platform. It can refuel at the rate of 300 tonnes per hour.[2][3]

Aditya was initially armed with light and medium machine guns. The self-defence capability was added by installing new close-in weapons like anti-aircraft and anti-missile guns and missiles. Even though it is smaller than INS Jyoti (A58), it has more advanced capabilities. It carries a permanent Sea King helicopter as compared to only a helicopter deck of Jyoti.[3]

Service history

In 2010, INS Aditya, along with three other warships of the navy - INS Mysore, INS Tabar and INS Ganga, were deployed to South Africa and took part in the 2nd IBSAMAR, the joint exercise of the navies of India, Brazil and South Africa. A total of 11 warships took part in the exercise, which was conducted off the coast of Durban from 13 to 27 September.[4]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "INS Aditya". Surface fleet. Indian Navy. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  2. ↑ "Indian Navy strengthens far-reaching capability". Sify. 21 January 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  3. 1 2 "A58 Jyoti". Global Security. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "Navy Stamps blue Water Presence Across IOR, bolsters Capacity with Indctuion of MIG-29k, INS Shivalik". Year-end Review – 2010 Indian Navy. Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
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