Name INS Kesari Sponsored by Sandhya Prasad Homeport Port Blair Length 125 m Displacement 5.126 million kg | Namesake Gir lion Commissioned 5 April 2008 Identification pennant number L15 Weight 5,741 tons Draft 4 m | |
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Builder Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers | ||
INS Kesari is a Shardul-class tank landing ship of the Indian Navy.
History
The ship was launched by Sandhya Prasad, wife of Vice Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Yashwant Prasad.
In 2009, INS Kesari was transferred from the Eastern Naval Command in Vishakhapatnam to Port Blair.
References
INS Kesari (2008) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA