INS Gharial (L23)

History
Name: INS Gharial
Namesake: Gharial
Builder:
Commissioned: 14 February 1997
Homeport: Vishakhapatnam, Eastern Naval Command
Identification: Pennant number: L23
Status: in active service, as of 2016
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type: Magar-class amphibious warfare vessel
Displacement: 5665 tons (full load)[1]
Length: 120 m
Beam: 17.5 m
Draft: 4 m
Ramps: Bow doors
Propulsion: 2 × 8560 hp sustained diesel engine
Speed: 15 knots
Range: 3000 miles @ 14 knots
Boats & landing
craft carried:
4 LCVPs
Capacity: 15 Tanks, 8 APCs[2]
Troops: 500
Complement: 136 (incl 16 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems:
1 BEL 1245 navigation radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
BEL Ajanta as intercept
Armament:
  • 4 × Bofors 40 mm/60 guns
  • 2 × 122 mm multiple-barrel rocket launchers
Aircraft carried: 1 Sea King
Aviation facilities: 2 helicopter platforms

INS Gharial is a Magar-class amphibious warfare vessel of the Indian Navy.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/landing_ships_magar.htm
  2. http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ships/Active/163-Magar-Class.html
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