Name INS Shardul Ordered 2003 Identification Pennant number L16 Launched 3 April 2004 Weight 5,741 tons | Namesake Royal Bengal tiger Commissioned 4 January 2007 Length 125 m Displacement 5.126 million kg Draft 4 m | |
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Homeport Kochi, Southern Naval Command Builder Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers | ||
INS Shardul is the lead ship of the Shardul-class amphibious warfare vessels of the Indian Navy. On 3 October 2008, Shardul was affiliated to the 5 Armoured Regiment of the Indian Army in an on-board ceremony, at the Mumbai Naval Base.
History
Shardul started sea trials on 3 November 2006 and was commissioned into the Indian Navy, on 4 January 2007 by the defence minister A.K Antony at the naval base INS Kadamba in Karwar. The ship was based at the Southern Naval Command in Kochi to train cadets before the commissioning of INS Kesari and INS Airavat.
References
INS Shardul (2004) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA