INS Kesari (2008)
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| Name: | INS Kesari |
| Namesake: | Gir lion |
| Builder: | Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers |
| Sponsored by: | Sandhya Prasad |
| Commissioned: | 5 April 2008 |
| Homeport: | Port Blair |
| Identification: | pennant number: L15 |
| Status: | In active service |
| Badge: |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Shardul-class tank landing ship |
| Displacement: | 5650 tons |
| Length: | 125 m (410 ft) |
| Beam: | 17.5 m (57 ft) |
| Draught: | 4 m (13 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Kirloskar PA6 STC engines |
| Speed: | 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Capacity: |
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| Troops: | 500 |
| Complement: | 11 officers, 145 sailors |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
Chaff launchers |
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| Aircraft carried: | 1 Westland Sea King or HAL Dhruv |
INS Kesari is a Shardul-class tank landing ship of the Indian Navy.
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.
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